Black Thought Contra-Foucault? Critique, Counter-History, and the Search for an Originary Cut.
This essay stages an encounter between Foucault and black thought. It examines how Foucault has become a bad object in black studies while drawing attention to the fact that many of the problems that preoccupy black critical theory were also problems that Foucault engaged with--conceptual problems s...
| Publicado en: | Foucault Studies no. 39; pp. 259 - 286 |
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