The Cambridge Companion to Foucault

Michel Foucault, one of the most important of contemporary French thinkers, exerted a profound influence on philosophy, history and social theory. Foucault attempted to reveal the historical contingency of ideas that present themselves as necessary truths.
This volume presents a systematic and comprehensive overview of Foucault's major themes and texts, from his early work on madness through his history of sexuality, and relates his work to significant contemporary movements such as critical theory and feminism.