{"product_id":"young-foucault-9780231205856","title":"Young Foucault","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecently discovered manuscripts from the mid-1950s, when Michel Foucault was a lecturer at the University of Lille, testify to the significance of the philosopher’s early work. Elisabetta Basso offers a groundbreaking and in-depth analysis of Foucault’s Lille manuscripts that sheds new light on the origins of his philosophical project.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBasso provides a true archaeology of the first steps of Foucault’s project. With historical depth and theoretical insight, this book offers a groundbreaking approach to a long-unknown aspect of Foucault’s early thought. \u003ci\u003eYoung Foucault \u003c\/i\u003ewill be an indispensable companion for all readers interested in Foucault’s work and life. -- François Ewald, general editor of Foucault's lectures at the Collège de France\u003cbr\u003eIn this richly researched and highly original book, Elisabetta Basso offers a fascinating account of the earliest Foucault. She explores not only the depth of the young philosopher’s preoccupation with phenomenological and existential psychiatry but also the decisive role this early interest played in shaping the later, historical work that was to make him famous. -- Louis Sass, author of \u003ci\u003eMadness and Modernism: Insanity in the Light of Modern Art, Literature, and Thought\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Genealogy of Archaeology, by Bernard E. Harcourt\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: New Avenues for Research\u003cbr\u003e1. Archives and Intellectual Networks\u003cbr\u003e2. The Binswanger Dossier  \u003cbr\u003e3. Archaeological Method\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864263864663,"sku":"9780231205856","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231205856.jpg?v=1722271135","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/young-foucault-9780231205856","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}