A seminar exploring the influence of Michel Foucault on the study of history, including the fields of madness and medicine, prison and punishment, sexuality and the self. The course also examines how historians have employed and critiqued Foucault's concepts in their own work, particularly in the areas of gender, race, and colonialism.
A seminar exploring the influence of Michel Foucault on the study of history, including the fields of madness and medicine, prison and punishment, sexuality and the self. The course also examines how historians have employed and critiqued Foucault's concepts in their own work, particularly in the areas of gender, race, and colonialism.