’Foucault's Ironies and the Important Earnestness of Theory’

Foucault’s History of Sexuality 1 cannot be understood without sustained attention to its ironies, which are written into every level from diction to structure. The little book does not intend to deliver a theory, queer or otherwise. It means rather to display and then to frustrate the desire for...

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Main Author: Mark D. Jordan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CBS Open Journals 2012-09-01
Series:Foucault Studies
Online Access:https://192.168.7.24:443/index.php/foucault-studies/article/view/3892
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