The Anatomy of Power - by Alexander Butchart & Butchart (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Using Foucault's thinking on the relationship between power and knowledge, the author of this extraordinary book analyzes the ways in which the body of 'The African' has itself been analyzed in western thought from the Renaissance to the present.<BR><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Using Foucault's thinking on the relationship between power and knowledge, the author of this extraordinary book analyzes the ways in which the body of "The African" has itself been analyzed in western thought from the Renaissance to the present. The book marshals an impressive array of documentary records--from the texts of Renaissance mythology and natural science in the Classificatory age to Bantu anatomy and "the African personality." As such it not only provides a critical edge to debates around colonialism and African identity, it is also an invaluable new reservoir of source materials for scholars with a passion for knowing the body politic and its anatomy of power.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"An unabashed application of Foucauldian ideas to the understanding of the African body. Butchart demonstrates the validity of this thesis in different contextual settings." --<i>Choice</i> <p/>"An excellent contribution to crucial issues in the social sciences - subjectivity, power, knowledge, the production of truth, health and illness. Revolutionary in a particularly constructive sense." --<i>C.S. de Beer, Information Science, UNISA</i> <p/>"Offers a novel and radical perspective on the emergence of the African body that transcends other writing in the field. Extensive and comprehensive, it covers an enormous span of history and breadth of literature. Highly original." --<i>David Armstrong, Guys Hospital, London</i> <p/>"An invaluable contribution to interpretive science, and a literary achievement." --<i>Wilhelm Jordaan, University of Pretoria</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Alexander Butchart is coordinator of the Prevention of Violence Team (PVL) at the World Health Organisation.<br>Alexander Butchart is coordinator of the Prevention of Violence Team (PVL) at the World Health Organisation.</p>
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