McNay, Lois, Foucault: A Critical Introduction (Cambridge: Polity Press, 1994) pp. vi, 196

The authors of both of these recently-published introductory texts hope to bring Foucault's work to the attention of a wider audience. It is interesting to note the different approaches taken to the task. McNay's book is written primarily with the general undergraduate audience in mind, although there is also a serious attempt in the book to resolve problematic aspects of Foucault's work. Prado's aim is somewhat different. He intends, amongst other things, to make Foucault's genealogical work more accessible to the analytically trained philosopher, and he aims to do this by drawing out epistemological themes in such texts as Discipline and Punish and The History of Sexuality vol. I.