Literature and Politics in the Later Foucault

This study proposes a revised interpretation of Foucaults views on literature. It has been argued that the philosophers interest in literature was limited to the 1960s and of a mostly depoliticized nature. However, Foucaults previously unpublished later works suggest a different reality, showing a sustained interest in literature and its politics. In the light of this new material, the book repositions Foucault's ideas within recent debates on the politics of literature.