Foucault, Health and Medicine

Herausgeber: Bunton, Robin; Petersen, Alan

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Produktbeschreibung

This 'state of the art' overview of Foucaldian scholarship in health and medicine assesses the profound impact of Foucault's work and shows how key researchers in the sociology of health and illness are currently engaging with his work.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 388g
• ISBN-13: 9780415151788
• ISBN-10: 0415151783
• Artikelnr.: 21657096

Autorenporträt

Alan Petersen is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Murdoch, Western Australia. Robin Bunton, is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Teesside, Middlesbrough.

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors
Foreword: From govemmentality to risk
some reflections on Foucault's contribution to medical sociology
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Foucault's medicine
Part I Fabricating Foucault
Part II Discourses of health and medicine
Part III The body
the self
6 Is health education good for you? Re-thinking health
Part IV Governmentality
Index