A dramatically new interpretation of the development of the
thought of Michel Foucault, one of the 20th century's most
influential thinkers. In this lucid and groundbreaking work, Eric
Paras reveals that our understanding of the philosophy of Michel
Foucault must be radically revised. Foucault's critical axes of
power and knowledge -which purposefully eradicated the concept of
free will- reappear as targets in his later work. Paras
demonstrates the logic that led Foucault to move from a
microphysics of power to an aesthetics of individual experience. He
is the first to show a transformation that not only placed Foucault
in opposition to the archaeological and genealogical positions for
which he is renowned, but aligned him with some of his fiercest
antagonists. "Foucault 2.0" draws on the full range of the
philosopher's writing and of the work of contemporaries who
influenced, and sometimes vehemently opposed, his ideas. To fill
the gaps in Foucault's published writings that have so far limited
our conception of the arc of his thought, Paras analyzes the
largely untapped trove of lectures Foucault delivered to teeming
Paris audiences as Professor of the College de France for more than
a decade. At the same time, "Foucault 2.0" highlights the
background against which Foucault carried out his most foundational
work: the unrest of 1968, the prison reform movement of the early
1970s, and the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Carefully assembling the
fragments of a thinker who remains but half-understood, Eric Paras
has composed a seminal book, essential reading for novices and
initiates alike.
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