The Anatomy of Power: European Constructions of the African Body

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.

Author: Alexander Butchart, Butchart
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 02/01/1998
Pages: 250
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.47h x 5.33w x 0.74d
ISBN13: 9781856495400
ISBN10: 185649540X
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology | General
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
- Social Science | Popular Culture

About the Author

Alexander Butchart is coordinator of the Prevention of Violence Team (PVL) at the World Health Organisation.
Alexander Butchart is coordinator of the Prevention of Violence Team (PVL) at the World Health Organisation.