Let me immodestly recommend my own effort in this regard, _Foucault's
Discipline_, Duke University Press, 1997. Chapters II and III discuss the
topics you are most interested in.
--John
-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Matthew King <making@xxxxxxxx>
A: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Data: Friday, December 04, 1998 8:10 AM
Oggetto: Re: foucault by the numbers
>On Thu, 3 Dec 1998, Phyllis L. Flott wrote:
>
>> If anyone has any ideas about "intro to Foucault" type information, I'd
>> greatly appreciate a citation or source.
>>
>> I would like to present some of the key ideas of Foucault (probably with
>> an emphasis on Dis. & Punish) to an undergraduate class. My students
>> have a minimal grasp of social theory so I'm looking for source like the
>> "Marx for beginners" series.
>
>I think there are at least two books called _Foucault for Beginners_
>now.... C.G. Prado--who introduced me to Foucault when I was an undergrad,
>and who I still think understands Foucault with almost incomparable
>clarity--has written two introductory books on Foucault: _Descartes and
>Foucault: A Contrastive Introduction to Philosophy_ and _Starting with
>Foucault_. Prado's orientation is more toward epistemology than social
>theory--especially in the Descartes/Foucault book--so he may not be all
>that useful for your purposes ... but I think he deserves a plug anyway.
>:)
>
>Matthew
>
> ---Matthew A. King---Department of Philosophy---York University,
Toronto---
> "In the conviction that it is possible you may depart from life
> at once, act and speak and think in every case accordingly."
> ----------------------------(Marcus
Aurelius)------------------------------
>
>
Discipline_, Duke University Press, 1997. Chapters II and III discuss the
topics you are most interested in.
--John
-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Matthew King <making@xxxxxxxx>
A: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Data: Friday, December 04, 1998 8:10 AM
Oggetto: Re: foucault by the numbers
>On Thu, 3 Dec 1998, Phyllis L. Flott wrote:
>
>> If anyone has any ideas about "intro to Foucault" type information, I'd
>> greatly appreciate a citation or source.
>>
>> I would like to present some of the key ideas of Foucault (probably with
>> an emphasis on Dis. & Punish) to an undergraduate class. My students
>> have a minimal grasp of social theory so I'm looking for source like the
>> "Marx for beginners" series.
>
>I think there are at least two books called _Foucault for Beginners_
>now.... C.G. Prado--who introduced me to Foucault when I was an undergrad,
>and who I still think understands Foucault with almost incomparable
>clarity--has written two introductory books on Foucault: _Descartes and
>Foucault: A Contrastive Introduction to Philosophy_ and _Starting with
>Foucault_. Prado's orientation is more toward epistemology than social
>theory--especially in the Descartes/Foucault book--so he may not be all
>that useful for your purposes ... but I think he deserves a plug anyway.
>:)
>
>Matthew
>
> ---Matthew A. King---Department of Philosophy---York University,
Toronto---
> "In the conviction that it is possible you may depart from life
> at once, act and speak and think in every case accordingly."
> ----------------------------(Marcus
Aurelius)------------------------------
>
>