Max Weber and Michel Foucault: Parallel Life-Works

By: Arpad Szakolczai

ISBN-13: 9780415863148
ISBN-10: 0415863147
Published date: 2014-02-14
Max Weber and Michael Foucault are among the most controversial and fascinating thinkers of our century. This book is the first to jointly analyse them in detail, and to make effective links between their lives and work; it coincides with a substantial resurgence of interest in their writings. The author’s exciting interpretative approach reveals a new dimension in reading the work of Foucault and Weber; it will be invaluable to students and those researching in sociology and philosophy.