Power Essential Works of Foucault, vol. III. (1954-1984)

Power, the final volume of Essential Works of Foucault, 1954-1984, draws together philosopher Michel Foucault's contributions to what he saw as the still-underdeveloped practice of political analysis. It covers the domains Foucault helped to make part of the core agenda of Western political cultureâ??medicine, psychiatry, prisons, sexualityâ??illuminating and expanding on the themes of The Birth of the Clinic, Discipline and Punish, and the first volume of The History of Sexuality.

Power includes important later writings, and it highlights Foucault's revolutionary analysis of the politics of personal conduct and freedom. It also documents Foucault's wide-ranging involvements, through lectures, articles, and interviews published throughout the world, many unavailable in English until now.


Michel Foucault (1926â??1984) was one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. He held a chair in the History of Systems of Thought at the Collège de France, and lectured at universities throughout the world.

James D. Faubion is professor of anthropology at Rice University in Houston, Texas. He is the author of Modern Greek Lessons and the editor of volume II in the Essential Works of Foucault series.

Paul Rabinow is professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. His previous books include French DNA and French Mod