Foucault's History of Sexuality Volume I, The Will to Knowledge

Mark G. E. Kelly is Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts and ARC Future Fellow at the University of Western Sydney.

• Acknowledgements; Note on Texts; Introduction; 1. Historical Context; 2. A Guide to the Text: Contesting the Repressive Hypothesis (Part One), The Explosion of Discourse (Part Two), The Confessional Science (Part Three), The Analytic of Power (Part Four, Chapters 1–2), The Distribution of Sexuality (Part Four, Chapters 3–4), Bio-Power (Part Five, first half), The Ontology of Sex (Part Five, second half); 3. Study Resources: Glossary, Further Reading, Answering Essay and Examination Questions; Index

A remarkably clear, concise, and comprehensive guide to one of Michel Foucault’s most important and influential books. Kelly reconstructs Foucault’s argument, situates it within its historical and intellectual context, and clarifies important matters of terminology and translation. An indispensable resource for students approaching Foucault’s text for the first time.