Download or read book The Impact of Michel Foucault on the Social Sciences and Humanities written by M. Lloyd and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a welcome assessment of the wide-ranging impact of Michel Foucault's work upon a number of disciplines within the social sciences and humanities. It offers close textual readings of Foucault's work along with clear overviews of how his work has been taken up in subjects such as history, philosophy and international relations. It also offers original applications of his work to important topics within feminist theory, political theory, the sociology of race, and socio-legal studies.