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 19
... writer is not simply doing his work in his books , " he remarked in 1983 , " but that his major work is , in the end , himself in the process of writing his books . The private life of an individual , his sexual preference , and his ...
... writer is not simply doing his work in his books , " he remarked in 1983 , " but that his major work is , in the end , himself in the process of writing his books . The private life of an individual , his sexual preference , and his ...
Page 128
... writers affiliated with Tel quel wished , in Barthes's phrase , " to achieve a Dasein of literary language , a sort of blankness of writing ( but not an innocence ) . " Like Bataille , another one of their heroes , they were fascinated ...
... writers affiliated with Tel quel wished , in Barthes's phrase , " to achieve a Dasein of literary language , a sort of blankness of writing ( but not an innocence ) . " Like Bataille , another one of their heroes , they were fascinated ...
Page 341
... writing his two books played the same part for him . that philosophical writing and personal journals played in ancient phi- losophy - that of work performed by the self on the self , of auto- stylization . " 68 But Foucault's essay on ...
... writing his two books played the same part for him . that philosophical writing and personal journals played in ancient phi- losophy - that of work performed by the self on the self , of auto- stylization . " 68 But Foucault's essay on ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR | 13 |
WAITING FOR GODOT | 37 |
Copyright | |
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