A Face Drawn in Sand: Humanistic Inquiry and Foucault in the Present

by Rey Chow

Book Overview

Leadership, innovation, diversity, inclusiveness, sharing, accountability--such is the resounding administrative refrain we keep hearing in the contemporary Western university. What kinds of benefits does this refrain generate? For whom? What discursive incitements undergird such benefits? Although there are innumerable discussions of Michel Foucault in the English-speaking academy, seldom is his work used systematically to unravel the dead ends...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231188374
• ISBN13: 9780231188371
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"