从美学到惩罚体系，从疯癫与文明到尼采与先锋思想，福柯的作品对20世纪晚期的现代思想影响深远。然而，在涉及面广与影响力强的同时，这些作品也以晦涩难读著称。
本书为福柯的作品提供了可信的导读，这些作品涉及文学、政治、历史、哲学等广泛领域；同时，作者加里·古廷还探究了一些关键主题，这些主题在福柯深入研究身份、知识、现代社会中的权力等领域时，曾让他甚为着迷。

When one defines "order" as a sorting of priorities, it becomes beautifully clear as to what Foucault is doing here. With virtuoso showmanship, he weaves an intensely complex history of thought. He dips into literature, art, economics and even biology in The Order of Things, possibly one of the most significant, yet most overlooked, works of the twentieth century. Eclipsed by his later work on power and discourse, nonetheless it was The Order of Things that established Foucault's reputation as an intellectual giant. Pirouetting around the outer edge of language, Foucault unsettles the surface of literary writing. In describing the limitations of our usual taxonomies, he opens the door onto a whole new system of thought, one ripe with what he calls "exotic charm". Intellectual pyrotechnics from the master of critical thinking, this book is crucial reading for those who wish to gain insight into that odd beast called Postmodernism, and a must for any fan of Foucault.

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Foucault's classic methodological statement.

《词与物》是西方文化考古学家福柯最要的代表作，是“一部关于新思想的伟大作品”（德勒兹语）。这不仅是因为《词物》对自文艺复兴以来直至20世纪的整个西方文化和知识史都作了细致入微的、富有创见和深度的梳理和剖析，而且更因为它从根本上驱除了笼罩在当代知识形式的决定性条件之上的人类学主体主义的迷雾，批判了自笛卡尔、尤其自康德以来200多年西方哲学传统的先验意识哲学和主体主义。

In investigating the major works of Michel Foucault, Barry Smart focuses on the analysis of the relations of power and knowledge and modes of objectification through which human beings are made subjects; and addresses controversial issues concerning the state and resistance to power. The development of Foucault's work from the early text on madness to the final studies of sexuality, and the question of the work's methodological value and status as a form of critical analysis, are reviewed comprehensively. Barry Smart's detailed discussion of the contribution of Foucault's work to social analysis and research will promote fresh interest in the stimulating originality of Foucault's project.

This volume provides a broad analysis of the term 'discourse' and a thorough examination of the many theoretical assumptions surrounding it. In the revised edition of this invaluable guidebook, Sara Mills:
*examines the historical definitions and developments of discourse
*analyzes Foucault's use of the term and its appropriation in the fields of linguistics, social psychology, and feminist, colonial and post-colonial theory
*explores the changes that have taken place in the field of critical discourse analysis since original publication
*discusses the work of various discourse theorists, including Zizek and Bourdieu.
A fully updated bibliography, new glossary and suggestions for further reading make this more than ever the essential introductory guide to the concept of discourse for students of literary theory.