by Michel Foucault · Ediciones Paidós · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475095585
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Technologies of the Self and Other Related Texts is a work by the French philosopher Michel Foucault, which explores the ways in which individuals relate to themselves and how identities are constructed through specific practices and techniques. The book compiles essays that examine the historical constitution of the 'self' as a framework for the aesthetics of existence and moral action. With an introduction by Miguel Morey, this volume offers a deep insight into Foucault's philosophy and his analysis of subjectivity in modernity.
Paul-Michel Foucault was a French historian of ideas and philosopher, who was also an author, literary critic, political activist, and teacher. Foucault's theories primarily addressed the relationships between power, knowledge and liberty, and he analyzed how they are used as a form of social control through multiple institutions. Though often cited as a structuralist and postmodernist, Foucault rejected these labels and sought to critique authority without limits on himself. His thought has influenced academics within a large number of contrasting areas of study, with this especially including those working in anthropology, communication studies, criminology, cultural studies, feminism, literary theory, psychology, and sociology. His efforts against homophobia and racial prejudice as well as against other ideological doctrines have also shaped research into critical theory and Marxism–Leninism alongside other topics.
