| Foucault's Orient: The Conundrum of Cultural Difference, from Tunisia to Japan Contributor(s): Lazreg, Marnia (Author) |
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ISBN: 1785336223 ISBN-13: 9781785336225 Publisher: Berghahn Books OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Criticism - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Sociology - Social Theory |
| Dewey: 128 |
| LCCN: 2017015944 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.20 lbs) 292 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - North Africa - Cultural Region - Middle East - Cultural Region - Japanese - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Foucault lived in Tunisia for two years and travelled to Japan and Iran more than once. Yet throughout his critical scholarship, he insisted that the cultures of the "Orient" constitute the "limit" of Western rationality. Using archival research supplemented by interviews with key scholars in Tunisia, Japan and France, this book examines the philosophical sources, evolution as well as contradictions of Foucault's experience with non-Western cultures. Beyond tracing Foucault's journey into the world of otherness, the book reveals the personal, political as well as methodological effects of a radical conception of cultural difference that extolled the local over the cosmopolitan. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lazreg, Marnia: - 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). |
