Marnia Lazreg

Foucault's Orient

The Conundrum of Cultural Difference, From Tunisia to Japan

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Produktbeschreibung

Using interviews with scholars from Tunisia and Japan, this book examines the manner in which Foucault experienced and explained his encounters with non-Western cultures, unraveling the anthropological implications of his unwavering commitment to cultural difference.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9781789208177
• ISBN-10: 1789208173
• Artikelnr.: 58585455

Autorenporträt

Marnia Lazreg is professor of sociology at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Her latest publications include Torture and the Twilight of Empire: From Algiers to Baghdad (Princeton, 2008); and Questioning the Veil: Open Letters to Muslim Women (Princeton, 2009).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Chinese Encyclopedia and the Challenge of Difference  
Chapter 2. Madness and Cultural Difference
Chapter 3. Foucault and Kant's Cosmopolitan Anthropology
Chapter 4. Foucault's Negative Anthropology
Chapter 5. Foucault's Anthropology of the Iranian Revolution
Chapter 6. The Heterotopia of Tunisia
Chapter 7. The Enigma of Japan
Chapter 8. Japan and Foucault's Anthropological Bind
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index