by Michel Foucault · Alianza Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420618166
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«Un diálogo sobre el poder y otras conversaciones» is a volume of philosophical conversations by Michel Foucault, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback.
The book comprises seven conversations in which Foucault addresses power and its relationship with theory, politics and knowledge. The philosopher analyses mechanisms of power in areas such as justice, prison and psychiatry, as well as sexuality, and includes a dialogue with Gilles Deleuze.
Text in Spanish, originally published in 1981, with introduction and translation by Miguel Morey; 164 pages.
Aimed at philosophy readers who want a first approach to Foucault's thought.
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.
