Religion and Culture

Michel Foucault (1926-1984) was one of the most important intellectual figures of the twentieth century. He is known for many significant writings, including TheArchaeology of Knowledge (1969) and the first volume of The History of Sexuality (1976). Jeremy R. Carrette is Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Stirling.

• Foreword, Acknowledgements, Note on Translations and Transcripts, Prologue to a confession of the flesh, RELIGION AND CULTURE BY MICHEL FOUCAULT, Part I: Madness, religion and the avant-garde, 1. Religious deviations and medical knowledge (1962), 2. A preface to transgression (1963), 3. The debate on the novel (1964), 4. The prose of Actaeon (1964), 5. Philosophy and the death of God (1966), 6. Who are you, Professor Foucault? (1967), Part II: Religion, politics and the East, 7. On religion (1978), 8. Michel Foucault and Zen: a stay in a Zen temple (1978), 9. Sexuality and power (1978), 10. Is it useless to revolt? (1979), 11. Pastoral power and political reason (1979), Part III: Christianity, sexuality and the self: fragments of an unpublished volume, 12. On the government of the living (1980), 13. About the beginning of the hermeneutics of the self (1980), 14. Sexuality and solitude (1980), 15. The battle for chastity (1982), Postscript: ‘I am not what I am' - Foucault, Christian asceticism and a ‘way out' of sexuality, Notes on Contributors and Translators, Index

"The reading of [this text] produces a nuanced frame for appreciating Foucault anew, directs readers to key moments and texts, and provides thorough referencing to the critiques made regarding Foucault's gender-blind and race-blind studies." -- Mary Keller, Journal of theAmerican Academy of Religion"It is valuable in that it brings together for the first time many previously inaccessible pieces by Foucault that will be of interest and use not only to students of theology, but also to students and scholars who have interest in social change, the self, and the society at large." -- Muhammad Ayaz Naseem, Foucault Studies