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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... one's existence might be divined by a human being . The Pythagoreans , for example , speculated that daimons were ... one's daimon defined the course of one's life . Blessed was the soul with a good daimon : swimming with the tide , it ...
... one's existence might be divined by a human being . The Pythagoreans , for example , speculated that daimons were ... one's daimon defined the course of one's life . Blessed was the soul with a good daimon : swimming with the tide , it ...
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... one's self . " The ' essay ' - which it is neccessary to understand as an ordeal [ épreuve ] that transfigures one's self in the play of truth , and not as an arrogation , appropriation , or conquest that simplifies for others in order ...
... one's self . " The ' essay ' - which it is neccessary to understand as an ordeal [ épreuve ] that transfigures one's self in the play of truth , and not as an arrogation , appropriation , or conquest that simplifies for others in order ...
Page 358
... one's thoughts and one's desires , " memories of childhood , " the past and its dreams , " in an infernal spiraling crescendo of words that flood us , find us , betray us , prompting us " to say that which is most difficult to say ...
... one's thoughts and one's desires , " memories of childhood , " the past and its dreams , " in an infernal spiraling crescendo of words that flood us , find us , betray us , prompting us " to say that which is most difficult to say ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR | 13 |
WAITING FOR GODOT | 37 |
Copyright | |
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