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Foucault and Liberal Political Economy: Power, Knowledge, and Freedom
- GenresPhilosophyPolitics
352 pages, Hardcover
Published June 16, 2025
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Mark Pennington
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Mark Pennington is a professional comic book artist. He began his career in 1986 working for DC Comics on the title Sgt. Rock.
There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name
Mark Pennington is a professional comic book artist. He began his career in 1986 working for DC Comics on the title Sgt. Rock.
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July 27, 2026
Foucault and Liberal Political Economy: Power, Knowledge, and Freedom offers a compelling and intellectually ambitious examination of the relationship between Michel Foucault's thought and the traditions of liberal political economy. Mark Pennington brings together questions of power, knowledge, freedom, and political organization in a work that will be of significant interest to readers of contemporary political philosophy and political theory.
One of the book's greatest strengths is its exploration of the relationship between Foucault's analysis of power and the intellectual traditions associated with liberal political economy. Rather than treating these traditions as entirely separate, the book creates space for a deeper examination of their points of connection, tension, and mutual significance.
The focus on power and knowledge is particularly important. Foucault's work transformed how scholars understand the relationship between institutions, systems of knowledge, social practices, and political authority. By placing these concerns in conversation with liberal political economy, Pennington offers readers a valuable framework for reconsidering how freedom and political power are understood.
The book's attention to freedom adds another important dimension to the discussion. Questions about individual autonomy, social organization, political authority, and the conditions necessary for freedom remain central to contemporary political debates, making this philosophical examination highly relevant.
Foucault and Liberal Political Economy: Power, Knowledge, and Freedom will appeal to readers interested in Michel Foucault, political philosophy, liberalism, political economy, political theory, social theory, power, knowledge, and freedom.
Overall, Mark Pennington offers a thought-provoking contribution to contemporary political philosophy. The book provides readers with an opportunity to explore important connections between Foucault's analysis of power and the broader intellectual traditions concerned with liberalism, political economy, and the nature of freedom.
One of the book's greatest strengths is its exploration of the relationship between Foucault's analysis of power and the intellectual traditions associated with liberal political economy. Rather than treating these traditions as entirely separate, the book creates space for a deeper examination of their points of connection, tension, and mutual significance.
The focus on power and knowledge is particularly important. Foucault's work transformed how scholars understand the relationship between institutions, systems of knowledge, social practices, and political authority. By placing these concerns in conversation with liberal political economy, Pennington offers readers a valuable framework for reconsidering how freedom and political power are understood.
The book's attention to freedom adds another important dimension to the discussion. Questions about individual autonomy, social organization, political authority, and the conditions necessary for freedom remain central to contemporary political debates, making this philosophical examination highly relevant.
Foucault and Liberal Political Economy: Power, Knowledge, and Freedom will appeal to readers interested in Michel Foucault, political philosophy, liberalism, political economy, political theory, social theory, power, knowledge, and freedom.
Overall, Mark Pennington offers a thought-provoking contribution to contemporary political philosophy. The book provides readers with an opportunity to explore important connections between Foucault's analysis of power and the broader intellectual traditions concerned with liberalism, political economy, and the nature of freedom.
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