{"product_id":"intolerable-2","title":"Intolerable","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking collection of writings by Michel Foucault and the Prisons Information Group documenting their efforts to expose France’s inhumane treatment of prisoners\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Founded by Michel Foucault and others in 1970–71, the Prisons Information Group (GIP) circulated information about the inhumane conditions within the French prison system. \u003ci\u003eIntolerable\u003c\/i\u003e makes available for the first time in English a fully annotated compilation of materials produced by the GIP during its brief but influential existence, including an exclusive new interview with GIP member Hélène Cixous and writings by Gilles Deleuze and Jean Genet. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese archival documents—public announcements, manifestos, reports, pamphlets, interventions, press conference statements, interviews, and round table discussions—trace the GIP’s establishment in post-1968 political turmoil, the new models of social activism it pioneered, the prison revolts it supported across France, and the retrospective assessments that followed its denouement. At the same time, \u003ci\u003eIntolerable\u003c\/i\u003e offers a rich, concrete exploration of Foucault’s concept of resistance, providing a new understanding of the arc of his intellectual development and the genesis of his most influential book, \u003ci\u003eDiscipline and Punish\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresenting the account of France’s most vibrant prison resistance movement in its own words and on its own terms, this significant and relevant collection also connects the approach and activities of the GIP to radical prison resistance movements today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54251650220376,"sku":"9781517902346","price":128.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781517902346__676557aabfb3a.jpg?v=1741160119","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/intolerable-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}