{"product_id":"foucaults-power-sophia-blackwell-9798316250172","title":"Foucault's Power: Knowledge Is Power, Obscurity Is Apparently Also Power","description":"Ever wondered why your college roommate wouldn't stop talking about \"discursive formations\" after one semester of critical theory? Curious how a bald Frenchman in a turtleneck became the patron saint of impenetrable academic writing? Want to understand Foucault without developing a migraine or a sudden urge to wear all black? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Foucault's Power\"\u003c\/b\u003e is the antidote to pretentious philosophical obscurity you've been waiting for. This irreverent guide takes you on a sarcasm-soaked journey through Michel Foucault's most influential ideas-from his analysis of prisons and power to his baffling observations about sexuality and truth-all while mercilessly mocking the cult of incomprehensibility that has grown around him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these pages, you'll discover: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Foucault transformed \"people in power control information\" into a revolutionary insight requiring 600 impenetrable pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy your open-plan office is actually a sophisticated surveillance mechanism (as if you needed another reason to hate it)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Foucault managed to write extensively about sex without including a single useful tip\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe convenient contradictions of a man who questioned all institutions while becoming the ultimate institutional insider\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA bonus translation guide from Foucauldian jargon to human English!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eWhether you're a confused student forced to read \"Discipline and Punish,\" a curious reader wanting to understand what the fuss is about, or someone who enjoys watching intellectual pretension get skewered by razor-sharp wit, this book is your perfect introduction to the man who made simplicity unfashionable and gave academic writing permission to be terrible forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sophia Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798316250172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d","brand":"Sophia Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48851197460735,"sku":"9798316250172","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/foucaults-power-sophia-blackwell-9798316250172","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}