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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... approach the lifework as naively as possible , deliberately withholding judgment and taking nothing for granted . There were a number of other obstacles and potential pitfalls , which it is just as well to point out . Consider , for ...
... approach the lifework as naively as possible , deliberately withholding judgment and taking nothing for granted . There were a number of other obstacles and potential pitfalls , which it is just as well to point out . Consider , for ...
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... approach even Foucault by ascribing to him a persistent and purposeful self , behind all his masks and outward changes of belief and behavior , reveals a crucial limitation of his philosophy ; or it may be as I believe that Foucault ...
... approach even Foucault by ascribing to him a persistent and purposeful self , behind all his masks and outward changes of belief and behavior , reveals a crucial limitation of his philosophy ; or it may be as I believe that Foucault ...
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... approach to the body and its pleasures , was in fact a kind of visionary ; and that in the future , once the threat of AIDS has receded , men and women , both straight and gay , will renew , without shame or fear , the kind of corporeal ...
... approach to the body and its pleasures , was in fact a kind of visionary ; and that in the future , once the threat of AIDS has receded , men and women , both straight and gay , will renew , without shame or fear , the kind of corporeal ...
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... approach Foucault's work . His books long ago made their way into the world , coming into contact with other fields of experience , other types of intelligence , to flourish or fall in the clash of ideas . As is true of any fashionable ...
... approach Foucault's work . His books long ago made their way into the world , coming into contact with other fields of experience , other types of intelligence , to flourish or fall in the clash of ideas . As is true of any fashionable ...
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... approach it . Life kills them . But the future which they have thus awakened with a murmer , divines them , creates them . Oh labyrinth of extreme love ! - RENE CHAR No one converses with me beside myself and my voice reaches me as the ...
... approach it . Life kills them . But the future which they have thus awakened with a murmer , divines them , creates them . Oh labyrinth of extreme love ! - RENE CHAR No one converses with me beside myself and my voice reaches me as the ...
Contents
THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR | 13 |
WAITING FOR GODOT | 37 |
THE HEART LAID BARE | 66 |
THE CASTLE OF MURDERS | 94 |
IN THE LABYRINTH | 123 |
BE CRUEL | 165 |
AN ART OF UNBEARABLE SENSATIONS | 208 |
THE WILL TO KNOW | 245 |
THE SCRIPTING OF THE SELF | 319 |
THE SECRETS OF A MAN | 354 |
Postscript | 375 |
A Note on Sources and Translations | 387 |
Abbreviations Used in Notes | 391 |
Notes | 393 |
Acknowledgments | 465 |
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