'A useful and illuminating companion to Foucault's book, and will clarify much that remains puzzling about this proteiform thinker, dispelling misunderstandings and sending the reader on new and more fruitful paths'
- Fredric Jameson, William A. Lane Jr. Professor of Comparative Literature at Duke University,
'[A] highly readable guide to one of Foucault's best-known but often misinterpreted works'
- Clare O'Farrell, author of Michel Foucault (2005) and founding editor of Foucault Studies,
'An excellent aid to Foucault's classic text'
- Professor Keith Ansell-Pearson, Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick,