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 106
... original and crude language , much more primordial than that of science , " the historian of madness might yet represent " those stam- mered , imperfect words without fixed syntax " in which an “ exchange between madness and reason ...
... original and crude language , much more primordial than that of science , " the historian of madness might yet represent " those stam- mered , imperfect words without fixed syntax " in which an “ exchange between madness and reason ...
Page 107
... original preface to Madness and Civilization , by contrast , Foucault , though customarily oblique , is relatively honest . His approach , he admits , entails " a kind of relativism without recourse , " a " language without support ...
... original preface to Madness and Civilization , by contrast , Foucault , though customarily oblique , is relatively honest . His approach , he admits , entails " a kind of relativism without recourse , " a " language without support ...
Page 332
... original essay , " What is Enlightenment ? " That this was , for Foucault himself , an important , even definitive text is indicated by the fact that it was published , at his behest , as a central document in the standard English ...
... original essay , " What is Enlightenment ? " That this was , for Foucault himself , an important , even definitive text is indicated by the fact that it was published , at his behest , as a central document in the standard English ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR | 13 |
WAITING FOR GODOT | 37 |
Copyright | |
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