Wellcome

Foucault's monsters and the challenge of law /

Sharpe, Andrew N.

Foucault's monsters and the challenge of law / Andrew N. Sharpe. - New York : Routledge, 2010. - ixv, 184 p. ; [ca. 23-29] cm.

"A GlassHouse book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-177) and index.

Foucault's theoretical framework -- Foucault's monsters as genealogy : the abnormal individual -- An English legal history of monsters -- Changing sex : the problem of transsexuality -- Sharing bodies : the problem of conjoined twins -- Admixing embyros : the problem of human/animal hybrids -- Conclusion.



9780415430319 (hardback) 0415430313 (hardback)

2009037168


Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.


Law--Philosophy.
Monsters--Social aspects.
Abnormalities, Human--Social aspects.
Conjoined twins--Legal status, laws, etc.
Transsexuals--Legal status, laws, etc.

K230.F682 / S52 2010

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