| Michel Foucault: Materialism and Education Updated Edition Contributor(s): Olssen, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 1594511691 ISBN-13: 9781594511691 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $71.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2006 Annotation: Michel Foucault is arguably one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century and his works are some of the most difficult to grasp. In Michel Foucault: Materialism and Education, Mark Olssen offers one of the most accessible overviews of Foucault's thought available to educators and general readers, putting into context the relevance of Foucault's thought (which is significant) to contemporary educational philosophy and theory. Olssen adds important new insights to Foucault scholarship by bringing to light the influences of other thinkers such as Marx, Nietzsche, Gramsci, Habermas, and others on Foucault's development as a thinker and their influence on the deep historical materialist strand that grounds and uniquely characterizes so much of Foucault's thought. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 370.1 |
| LCCN: 2006001600 |
| Lexile Measure: 1470 |
| Series: Cultural Politics & the Promise of Democracy |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.08" W x 9.08" (0.82 lbs) 220 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Olssen ! brings Foucault to life and sheds new light on understanding his work...Educationalists and scholars across the disciplines will welcome this interpretation of Foucault." Michael A. Peters, University of Glasgow "Olssen distills in brilliant and succinct language the core of Foucault's most important insights. This is a book that every student should read in order to understand how to link theory to practice, and educational thought to legacy and work of one of Europe's great thinkers." Henry Giroux, McMaster University Michel Foucault is arguably one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century, and his works are some of the most difficult to grasp. Mark Olssen offers an accessible overview of Foucault's thought, putting into context the relevance of Foucault's ideas. Olssen adds important new insights to Foucault scholarship by bringing to light the influences of other thinkers such as Marx, Nietzsche, Gramsci, Habermas, and others on Foucault's development as a thinker, and their influence on the deep historical materialist strand that grounds and uniquely characterizes so much of Foucault's thought. |