{"product_id":"2940192994351","title":"Foucault's Power: Knowledge Is Power, Obscurity Is Apparently Also Power","description":"\u003cp\u003eEver wondered why your college roommate wouldn't stop talking about \"discursive formations\" after one semester of critical theory? Curious how a bald Frenchman in a turtleneck became the patron saint of impenetrable academic writing? Want to understand Foucault without developing a migraine or a sudden urge to wear all black?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Foucault's Power\" is the antidote to pretentious philosophical obscurity you've been waiting for. This irreverent guide takes you on a sarcasm-soaked journey through Michel Foucault's most influential ideas-from his analysis of prisons and power to his baffling observations about sexuality and truth-all while mercilessly mocking the cult of incomprehensibility that has grown around him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these pages, you'll discover:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow Foucault transformed \"people in power control information\" into a revolutionary insight requiring 600 impenetrable pages\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy your open-plan office is actually a sophisticated surveillance mechanism (as if you needed another reason to hate it)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow Foucault managed to write extensively about sex without including a single useful tip\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe convenient contradictions of a man who questioned all institutions while becoming the ultimate institutional insider\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bonus translation guide from Foucauldian jargon to human English!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you're a confused student forced to read \"Discipline and Punish,\" a curious reader wanting to understand what the fuss is about, or someone who enjoys watching intellectual pretension get skewered by razor-sharp wit, this book is your perfect introduction to the man who made simplicity unfashionable and gave academic writing permission to be terrible forever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cogito Ergo Nope","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46326190178545,"sku":"2940192994351","price":6.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/2940192994351_p0.jpg?v=1765017563","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940192994351","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}