Rethinking The Subject: An Anthology Of Contemp, Faubion Paperback..

Taylor & Francis

This book traces the lineaments of a still inchoate intellectual movement, of which the anthology's contributors are the vanguard. It is concerned with the nature and modalities of power and legitimacy in society, and deals with the nature and modalities of the \""self\"" or \""subject.\"" > Since the early seventies, European thinkers have departed notably from their predecessors in order to pursue analytical programs more thoroughly their own. Rethinking the Subject brings together in one volume some of the most influential writings of Foucault, Habermas, Bourdieu, Pizzorno, Macfarlane, and other authors whose ideas have had a worldwide influence in recent social theory. This anthology is testament to the central importance of three contemporary themes, each familiar to earlier thinkers but never definitively formulated or resolved. The first two concern the nature and modalities of power and legitimacy in society. The third, and most fundamental, deals with the nature and modalitiey