Freedom and the subject were guiding themes for Michel Foucault throughout hisphilosophical career. In this clear and comprehensive analysis of his thoughtJohan... » 

Freedom and the subject were guiding themes for Michel Foucault throughout hisphilosophical career. In this clear and comprehensive analysis of his thoughtJohanna Oksala identifies the different interpretations of freedom in hisphilosophy and examines three major divisions of it the archaeological thegenealogical and the ethical. She shows convincingly that in order toappreciate Foucaults project fully we must understand his complex relationshipto phenomenology and she discusses Foucaults treatment of the body inrelation to recent feminist work on this topic. Her sophisticated but lucidbook illuminates the possibilities which Foucaults philosophy opens up for usin thinking about freedom. «