Foucault’s Concept of Biopower: a study guide: a focus on The History of Sexuality

Dr Stefan Szczelkun

Nov 2023 · Audio chapbooks on radical cultural thinking Book 11 · Stefan Szczelkun · AI-narrated by Matt (from Google)

About this audiobook

A chapbook summary of Foucault's innovative thinking about power, put in context to his life, and prior ideas of power, with a focus on his 1976 'History of Sexuality: part 1'. A useful student guide to the ideas in this book. #power

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Ratings and reviews

A brilliantly clear exposition of this key Foucauldian concept, which informs so much of contemporary social and political theory. Szczelkun draws on key texts and frames his description in the counter-cultural struggles of the 1960s, which were so highly influential for Foucault. There isn't really a flaw in Szczelkun's excellent account, but if given more space I would like to have seen him explore the close connections between Foucault's concept of discourse and his concept of biopower.

About the author

Prolific author and artist based in London.