In such seminal works as Madness and Civilization , Discipline and Punish , and The History of Sexuality , the late philosopher Michel Foucault explored what our politics, our sexuality, our societal conventions, and our changing notions of truth told us about ourselves. In the process, Foucault garnered a reputation as one of the preeminent philosophers of the latter half of the twentieth century, and has served as a primary influence on successive generations of philosophers and cultural critics. With A Foucault Primer , Alec McHoul and Wendy Grace bring Foucault's work into focus for the uninitiated.

Author Biography

Alec McHoul is the author of Telling How Texts Talk and co-author of Writing Pynchon: Strategies in Fictional Analysis. He teaches at Murdock University, where Wendy Grace is engaged in postgraduate work of Foucault.