The "structuralist" theories of power show that the subject is produced and reproduced by the investment of power: but how then can we think of the subject's resistance to power? Based on this fundamental question, Power and Resistance interprets critically the (post-)structuralist theory of power and resistance, i.e., the theories of Foucault, Deleuze/Guattari, Derrida and Althusser. It analyses also the mechanism of power and the strategies of resistance in the era of neoliberalism. This meticulous analysis that completely renewed the theory of power is already published in French, Japanese, and Korean with success.

Michel Foucault was one of the twentieth century's most influential and provocative thinkers. His work on freedom, subjectivity, and power is now central to thinking across an extraordinarily wide range of disciplines, including philosophy, history, education, psychology, politics, anthropology, sociology, and criminology. "Michel Foucault: Key Concepts" explores Foucault's central ideas, such as disciplinary power, biopower, bodies, spirituality, and practices of the self. Each essay focuses on a specific concept, analyzing its meaning and uses across Foucault's work, highlighting its connection to other concepts, and emphasizing its potential applications. Together, the chapters provide the main co-ordinates to map Foucault's work. But more than a guide to the work, "Michel Foucault: Key Concepts" introduces readers to Foucault's thinking, equipping them with a set of tools that can facilitate and enhance further study.

本书从感知、行动、因果性、意义以及指称等方面对意向性进行了分析，并提出了“心一身”问题的一种解决方案。

作者从社会学的视角，对中国社会的人情、面子与权力三者之间的关系做了探讨和分析。作者指出中国社会的运作最主要的核心概念就是"关系"，以及由此延伸出来的人情、面子与权力运作等。关系，不单是研究中国社会问题的工具，乃是所有普通中国人自己明白的生活手段；同样，关系也不是每一个中国人都趋之如骛的生活方式。在这片土地上，每个人都常识般地知道：关系是可以取代制度的；那些压根儿就不知道或不懂社会学的人都能意识到：他的生活面临着严重的问题，他需要建立起他的人脉。作者在第一版的基础上做了修订，尤其对"事实再现的文学路径"、"在中国官僚作风与技术的背后"及"人情、面子与权力的再生产"等几篇论文做了较大的改动；去掉了原书的最后一篇，"土政策的功能分析"以及于2010年春季在北大一篇讲演记录《社会系统、关系运作与权力结构》，则因为它基本上可以反映作者这几年的研究取向和思考理路。