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Foucault's History of Sexuality Volume I, The Will to Knowledge: An Edinburgh Philosophical Guide

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In the first volume of his History of Sexuality, 'The Will to Knowledge', Foucault weaves together the most influential theoretical account of sexuality since Freud. Now, this is the first reading guide to Foucault's dense and sometimes confusing text. Mark Kelly systematically unpacks the intricacies of Foucault's dense and sometimes confusing exposition, in a straightforward way, putting it in its historical and theoretical context. He looks at the book, its structure and philosophical significance, and corrects several key mistranslations in the only available English version of the 'Will to Knowledge'.

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

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March 3, 2022
ဖူကိုးရဲ့ သိလိုသောစိတ်ဆန္ဒ(will to knowledge)(history of sexuality)ကို အခန်းလိုက် ရှင်းပြပေးထားတယ်။
အထူးသဖြင့် feminism ဒါမှမဟုတ် queer theoryတို့နဲ့ ပိုပီးဆက်စပ်ပြတာမျိုး။
ပါဝါစီးဆင်းပုံ၊ဇီဝပါဝါအကြောင်းတွေက အဓိကအနေနဲ့ ပါဝါတယ်။
ဖိနှိပ်ထားတဲ့ အယူအဆကို ဝေဖန်ထားတဲ့ ထွေပြားတဲ့၊ဆက်စပ်ရှုပ်ထွေးလှတဲ့ ပါဝါအယူအဆကို သေချာလေးပြထားတယ်။
ခန္တာနဲ့ သာယာကျေနပ်မှုဟာ လိင်မှုသဘောကို ခုခံတဲ့အရာဖြစ်ကြောင်းပြောရင်း အဆုံးသတ်ထားတယ်။
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July 28, 2014
An excellent guide to The Will to Knowledge. Kelly not only unpacks Foucault's dense writing but provides relevant background knowledge. The glossary provided is a nice way to understand key terms and definitions.
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