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Koopman, Colin

Genealogy as critique : foucault and the problems of modernity by Colin Koopman - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2013 - xii, 348 p. ; 23 cm. - American philosophy .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-340) and index.

Introduction: What genealogy does
1.Critical historiography: politics, philosophy & problematization
2.Three uses of genealogy: subversion, vindication & problematization
3.What problematization is: contingency, complexity & critique
4.What problematization does: aims, sources & implications
5.Foucault's problematization of modernity: the reciprocal incompatibility of discipline and liberation
6.Foucault's reconstruction of modern moralities: an ethics of self-transformation
7.Problematization plus reconstruction: genealogy, pragmatism & critical theory.

ISBN: 9780253006219

LCCN: 2012033557

Subjects--Personal Names:
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Genealogy (Philosophy)

LC Class. No.: B2430.F724 / K66 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 194 / KOO-G