By Alan Hunt
ISBN-10: 0745308414
ISBN-13: 9780745308418
This paintings introduces Michel Foucault's principles on legislations to either graduate and undergraduate scholars, making no assumptions of earlier analyzing of his paintings. It deals a quick review of the importance and implications of Foucault's corpus of labor earlier than offering an exposition of his suggestion on legislation. The dialogue is geared up round a couple of subject matters that run via Foucault's writings, really his tendency to counterpoise legislations and modernity, viewing legislation as linked to pre-modern political varieties. The ebook concludes with an exploration of the sociology of governance as utilized to legislations, drawing at the paintings of Durkheim and Weber in addition to on Foucault's personal fabric.
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