The Passion of Michel FoucaultBased on extensive new research and a bold interpretation of the man and his texts, The Passion of Michel Foucault is a startling look at one of this century's most influential philosophers. It chronicles every stage of Foucault's personal and professional odyssey, from his early interest in dreams to his final preoccupation with sexuality and the nature of personal identity. |
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... final works , sharply different from almost everything else he had written , mirrors their subject matter : it is limpid , sober , and serene , as if Foucault , as one old friend observed , " were seeking a new , desexualized austerity ...
... final works , sharply different from almost everything else he had written , mirrors their subject matter : it is limpid , sober , and serene , as if Foucault , as one old friend observed , " were seeking a new , desexualized austerity ...
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... final gesture in mind that Foucault con- fided in Guibert , of all people , expecting that his confession would be made public - and knowing as well that the artist would reveal the truth only after it had been veiled in " fiction ...
... final gesture in mind that Foucault con- fided in Guibert , of all people , expecting that his confession would be made public - and knowing as well that the artist would reveal the truth only after it had been veiled in " fiction ...
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... final response appears in " L'éthique du souci de soi comme pratique de liberté " ( int , 1984 ) , loc . cit . , p . 114 ; et in TFF , p . 18 : " Relations of power are not something bad in themselves , from which one must free one's ...
... final response appears in " L'éthique du souci de soi comme pratique de liberté " ( int , 1984 ) , loc . cit . , p . 114 ; et in TFF , p . 18 : " Relations of power are not something bad in themselves , from which one must free one's ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR | 13 |
WAITING FOR GODOT | 37 |
Copyright | |
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