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 87
... transgression . " Perhaps one day , " Foucault speculated in an essay written shortly after Bataille's death in 1962 , the idea of transgression " will seem as decisive for our culture , as much a part of its soil , as the experience of ...
... transgression . " Perhaps one day , " Foucault speculated in an essay written shortly after Bataille's death in 1962 , the idea of transgression " will seem as decisive for our culture , as much a part of its soil , as the experience of ...
Page 115
... transgression . " This is a timeless possibility : there is no limit that cannot be breached , no law that cannot be broken . Yet the field of possible transgression is always historically specific : every epoch " forms what one can ...
... transgression . " This is a timeless possibility : there is no limit that cannot be breached , no law that cannot be broken . Yet the field of possible transgression is always historically specific : every epoch " forms what one can ...
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... transgression , " directed toward " the return of the self " -the Dionysian project of Nietzsche , and also of Roussel , Bataille , and Blanchot : " Ought we not to remind ourselves , " he asked in the The Order of Things , " that we ...
... transgression , " directed toward " the return of the self " -the Dionysian project of Nietzsche , and also of Roussel , Bataille , and Blanchot : " Ought we not to remind ourselves , " he asked in the The Order of Things , " that we ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR | 13 |
WAITING FOR GODOT | 37 |
Copyright | |
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