This edition published in the UK and the USA in 2009 by Icon Books Ltd, Omnibus Business Centre,

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Previously published in the UK and Australia in 1997 under the title Foucault for Beginners and in 1999 and 2004 under the current title

ISBN: 978-184831-060-5

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