Michel Foucault

Michel Foucault was born in Poitiers on June 15th, 1926 and passed away at the age of 58 on June 25th, 1984.

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Michel Foucault Stats: The most read book by Michel Foucault on Book Notification is Madness and Civilization, a Non-Fiction book. The second most read book is An Introduction (The History of Sexuality #1).

Below is a complete list of Michel Foucault books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top non-fiction books are Madness and Civilization, Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison, and The Order of Things.

	Title Avg.	Year	Book Link
1	10 Madness and Civilization	1961	Loading... Go
2	The Birth of the Clinic	1963	Loading... Go
3	Death and the Labyrinth	1963	Loading... Go
4	The Order of Things	1966	Loading... Go
5	The Archaeology of Knowledge and The Discourse on Language	1969	Loading... Go
6	The Chomsky-Foucault Debate: On Human Nature (With: Noam Chomsky)	1974	Loading... Go
7	Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison	1975	Loading... Go
8	Herculine Barbin	1978	Loading... Go
9	Technologies of the Self: A Seminar with Michel Foucault	1988	Loading... Go
10	Dream and Existence (With: Ludwig Binswanger)	1993	Loading... Go
11	Wrong-Doing, Truth-Telling: The Function of Avowal in Justice	1994	Loading... Go
12	Religion and Culture	1999	Loading... Go

List of Cours au Collège de France/Lectures at the Collège de France Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top Cours au Collège de France/Lectures at the Collège de France books are Society Must Be Defended, Security, Territory, Population, and The Birth of Biopolitics.

	Title Avg.	Year	Book Link
1	The Punitive Society	1973	Loading... Go
2	Abnormal	1975	Loading... Go
3	On the Government of the Living	1980	Loading... Go
4	Society Must Be Defended	1992	Loading... Go
5	The Hermeneutics of the Subject	2001	Loading... Go
6	Psychiatric Power	2003	Loading... Go
7	Security, Territory, Population	2004	Loading... Go
8	The Government of Self and Others	2008	Loading... Go
9	The Courage of Truth	2009	Loading... Go
10	The Birth of Biopolitics	2010	Loading... Go
11	Lectures on the Will to Know	2013	Loading... Go
12	Penal Theories and Institutions	2015	Loading... Go
13	Subjectivity and Truth	2017	Loading... Go

List of Essential Works of Foucault Books in Publication Order

	Title Avg.	Year	Book Link
1	Ethics: Subjectivity and Truth	1997	Loading... Go
2	Aesthetics, Method, and Epistemology	1998	Loading... Go
3	Power	2000	Loading... Go

List of Collections in Publication Order (with Arlette Farge)

Ranked by popularity, the top collections are The Foucault Reader, Power/Knowledge, and The Essential Foucault.

	Title Avg.	Year	Book Link
1	Power/Knowledge	1977	Loading... Go
2	Disorderly Families (With: Arlette Farge)	1982	Loading... Go
3	The Foucault Reader	1984	Loading... Go
4	Politics, Philosophy, Culture	1988	Loading... Go
5	The Essential Foucault	2003	Loading... Go
6	Speaking the Truth about Oneself	2023	Loading... Go

List of The History of Sexuality Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top The History of Sexuality books are An Introduction, The Care of the Self, and The Use of Pleasure.

	Title Avg.	Year	Book Link
1	7 An Introduction	1976	Loading... Go
2	The Use of Pleasure	1984	Loading... Go
3	The Care of the Self	1984	Loading... Go
4	Confessions of the Flesh	2021	Loading... Go

List of Quantum Books in Publication Order (with John Hollander)

Scholarly studies of diverse historical and cultural topics.

	Title Avg.	Year	Book Link
1	This Is Not a Pipe	1968	Loading... Go
2	The Figure of Echo (By: John Hollander)	1981	Loading... Go
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List of Michel Foucault Anthologies in Publication Order

#	Title Avg.	Year	Book Link
1	London Review of Books: Anthology 1	1981	Loading... Go
2	Art After Modernism	1984	Loading... Go
3	Walls Turned Sideways	2019	Loading... Go
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Michel Foucault

Michel Foucault was born on June 15th, 1926. Michel passed away June 25th, 1984 at 58 years old. Michel Foucault was born in Poitiers.

Michel Foucault was the author of the Cours au Collège de France/Lectures at the Collège de France series which consists of 13 novels. The Cours au Collège de France/Lectures at the Collège de France series started in 1973 with the novel The Punitive Society. The most recently released novel in the Cours au Collège de France/Lectures at the Collège de France series was Subjectivity and Truth which was released in 2017. There are no upcoming novels for the Cours au Collège de France/Lectures at the Collège de France series.

Michel Foucault also wrote 12 Non-Fiction Books, including Madness and Civilization and The Birth of the Clinic.

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Michel Foucault: F.A.Q

When was Michel Foucault Born?

Michel Foucault was born on June 15th, 1926.

When did Michel Foucault die?

Michel Foucault died on June 25th, 1984 at 58 years old.

Where was Michel Foucault Born?

Michel Foucault was born in Poitiers, .

What was the first book Michel Foucault wrote?

The first book written by Michel Foucault was Madness and Civilization, published in 1961.

What was the most recent book Michel Foucault wrote?

Their most recently released work was Speaking the Truth about Oneself on June 19th, 2023.

What is the most popular book by Michel Foucault?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Michel Foucault book is Madness and Civilization. Here are their most popular books and their average ratings:

Madness and Civilization (10.00)
An Introduction (7.00)

How many books has Michel Foucault written?

Michel Foucault has written 39 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 12 Non-Fiction Books, 13 books in the Cours au Collège de France/Lectures at the Collège de France Series, 3 books in the Essential Works of Foucault Series, 6 Collections, 4 books in The History of Sexuality Series, 1 book in the Quantum Books Series.

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