Political Genealogy After Foucault
Subtitle: Savage Identities
Publisher: Routledge
Published: March 29, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780415929165
First sentence: One of the most unquestioned assumptions about modern politics is that it has to do primarily with, as Hannah Arendt has observed, "the struggle for power.
Description: "Political Genealogy After Foucault offers a new understanding of political freedom. 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."--BOOK JACKET.