Michel Foucault He revolutionized the social sciences and political thought by opening spaces for reflection on the networks of power and the total institutions disseminated throughout our societies. But since his death in 1984, significant social and institutional changes have occurred that necessitate extending his analyses: the international political order that emerged from the Second World War has collapsed, and national social protection projects are under threat due to the processes of economic globalization. In this context, the essays that comprise this volume continue Foucault's work through four explorations of turbulent areas in contemporary social science: the relationship between critical sociology and social critique, the postmodern metamorphoses of the conception of mental illness, new forms of urban conflict, and the sociology of personal identity.

What remains of Foucault? It seems a great deal. This is certainly evident in these works by Castel, Rendueles, Donzelot, and Álvarez-Uría. What we find here are not studies on Foucault, but rather four perspectives opened up, to a large extent, by Foucault's efforts, his analyses, and his style of thinking and writing: by his way of resisting.
(Antonio García Vila, Archipelago, no. 73-74, 2007)