Foucault and the politics of our selves

History of the Human Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 43-59

  Allen, Amy ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

autonomy; J rgen Habermas; Michel Foucault; power; subjectivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; GROUP DYNAMICS; HISTORY; INDIVIDUALITY; KNOWLEDGE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; INDIVIDUALITY; KNOWLEDGE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONAL SPACE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 80053984678     PISSN: 09526951     EISSN: 1461720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952695111411623     Document Type: Article

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