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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Page 31
... nature gone awry . " His own death , though revealing , might then be seen merely as " the supernatural return of the insult , a retribution thwarting the flight into counter - nature . ' " 56 Despite his understandable misgivings about ...
... nature gone awry . " His own death , though revealing , might then be seen merely as " the supernatural return of the insult , a retribution thwarting the flight into counter - nature . ' " 56 Despite his understandable misgivings about ...
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... Nature's heart , " " flung himself down into the glorious flames " of Mount Etna . It is perhaps the same dark force that surfaces in the suicidal delirium of Nerval's last night , in the black crows swirling in Van Gogh's last painting ...
... Nature's heart , " " flung himself down into the glorious flames " of Mount Etna . It is perhaps the same dark force that surfaces in the suicidal delirium of Nerval's last night , in the black crows swirling in Van Gogh's last painting ...
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... nature invaded the city of man just as the latter was preparing to colonize nature by expanding the frontiers of technological advancement and rational organization . It is almost as if society , in its effort to conquer nature and the ...
... nature invaded the city of man just as the latter was preparing to colonize nature by expanding the frontiers of technological advancement and rational organization . It is almost as if society , in its effort to conquer nature and the ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR | 13 |
WAITING FOR GODOT | 37 |
Copyright | |
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