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17Review of David Schmidtz, Jason Brennan, A Brief History of Liberty (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2010 (9). 2010.
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13Empowerment: The Theory and Practice of Political GenealogyLexington Books. 2013.In this book, Michael Clifford lays the groundwork for the formalization of political genealogy as a recognized methodology of theoretical inquiry. Appealing to scholars from a wide range of academic disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities, this book looks to our future by focusing on the history of our present and on what being a political subject will be like in a post-representational world
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11Crossing (out) the Boundary: Foucault and Derrida on TransgressingPhilosophy Today 31 (3): 223-233. 1987.
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2Political Genealogy After Foucault: Savage IdentitiesRoutledge. 2001.Combining the most powerful elements of Foucault's theories, Clifford produces a methodology for cultural and political critique called "political genealogy" to explore the genesis of modern political identity. At the core of American identity, Clifford argues, is the ideal of the "Savage Noble," a hybrid that married the Native American "savage" with the "civilized" European male. This complex icon animates modern politics, and has shaped our understandings of rights, freedom, and power
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2Crossing (out) the Boundary: Foucault and Derrida on TransgressingPhilosophy Today 31 (3): 223-233. 1987.
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The Cultivation of Individuality: Foucault Reading MillDaimon: Revista Internacional de Filosofía 11 27. 1995.
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Discourse, Power and Subjectivation: The Emergence of the Political SubjectDissertation, Vanderbilt University. 1989.This dissertation conducts a genealogical critique of political subjectivity relying on the work of the French philosopher, Michel Foucault. Since his death in 1984, there has been much scholarly debate over whether, and in what way, Foucault's seemingly disparate analyses of discourse, technologies of power, and modes of subjectivation, or ethical self-formation, could be organized into a single coherent philosophy. Although Foucault would resist such projects, he did come to realize that these…Read more
Vanderbilt University
PhD, 1989
Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America
Areas of Interest
Social and Political Philosophy |
Continental Philosophy |