| Foucault's Orient: The Conundrum of Cultural Difference, from Tunisia to Japan Contributor(s): Lazreg, Marnia (Author) |
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ISBN: 1789208173 ISBN-13: 9781789208177 Publisher: Berghahn Books OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Criticism - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Sociology - Social Theory |
| Dewey: 128 |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 6" W x 9" (0.87 lbs) 292 pages |
| 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. |
