Power and Freedom in the Space of Reasons (English, Tuomo Tiisala)

Product description Review "Power and Freedom in the Space of Reasons transforms our understanding of Foucault and opens up a wholly new perspective on the features of modernity he made visible. Tiisala boldly and deftly develops an account of the master idea that unifies Foucault's thought, both developmentally and thematically. The leitmotif the author discerns brings Foucault's multifarious writings into contact and conversation with the Sellarsian neopragmatist strand of contemporary Anglophone philosophy of language, freshly illuminating both currents of thought."Robert B. Brandom, University of Pittsburgh, USA"Tiisala's book is a brilliant, timely contribution to a renewed understanding of Michel Foucault's philosophical and critical project. By emphasizing the enduring relevance of the archaeology of knowledge for Foucault's problematization of the relationships between power and freedom, it compellingly reveals a pragmatist dimension in his thought. It thus masterfully shows the--still underappreciated--importance of Foucault's work for current debates in social and political philosophy, ethics, and the philosophy of language."Daniele Lorenzini, University of Pennsylvania, USA"Tiisala's Power and Freedom in the Space of Reasons is one of the most sustained efforts to date in bringing Michel Foucault's philosophical insights into conversation with the riches of analytical philosophy. Tiisala has mastered a number of important tendencies in both recent analytical philosophy as well as in the dense thickets of Foucault's own philosophical investigations. His mastery of multiple approaches to systematic philosophy tees up a number of philosophical interventions that readers will find most interesting."Colin Koopman, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"This book is a remarkable achievement . . . As a systematic investigation of the nature and role of archaeology in Foucault's work and for the form of critique that this work enacts, Tiisala sets new standards for Foucault scholarship."David Owen, Political Theory About the Author Tuomo Tiisala is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Vienna, Austria. He has taught at the University of Helsinki, New York University Abu Dhabi, and New York University, where he was a Bersoff Faculty Fellow after earning his PhD from the University of Chicago.