The two faces of Michel Foucault

Heywood, Paolo

doi:10.1017/9781108591249.005

The two faces of Michel Foucault

Heywood, Paolo

Authors

Dr Paolo Heywood paolo.heywood@durham.ac.uk
Assistant Professor

Contributors

James Laidlaw
Editor

Abstract

This chapter examines the extensive influence of the thought of Michel Foucault on the development of the anthropology of ethics. In doing so it treats a classic question that has preoccupied biographers of Foucault and chroniclers of his philosophy, as well as both advocates and critics of the anthropology of ethics, namely the nature of the relationship between power and freedom. Siding with those who have seen more continuity than rupture in the shifts of emphasis within Foucault’s oeuvre, it argues that we should as far as possible seek to understand the different stages of Foucault’s work as complementary, rather than contradictory: as providing us with different viewpoints from which to view a context or question, rather than mutually exclusive descriptions.

Citation

Heywood, P. (2023). The two faces of Michel Foucault. In J. Laidlaw (Ed.), The Cambridge Handbook for the Anthropology of Ethics (130-154). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108591249.005

Online Publication Date	May 11, 2023
Publication Date	Mar 11, 2023
Deposit Date	Oct 18, 2022
Publicly Available Date	Sep 12, 2023
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	130-154
Series Title	Cambridge Handbooks in Anthropology
Book Title	The Cambridge Handbook for the Anthropology of Ethics
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108591249.005
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1620290

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