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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... ideas about the " author " ; some- one who raised the gravest of doubts about the character of personal identity as such ; someone who , as a matter of temperament , distrusted prying questions and naked honesty ; someone , finally ...
... ideas about the " author " ; some- one who raised the gravest of doubts about the character of personal identity as such ; someone who , as a matter of temperament , distrusted prying questions and naked honesty ; someone , finally ...
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... idea of the good , no moral compass implicit in our ability to reason , and no regulative ideal of consensus that could help us to smooth away the rough edges of competing forms of life and enable us to reconcile their incommensurable ...
... idea of the good , no moral compass implicit in our ability to reason , and no regulative ideal of consensus that could help us to smooth away the rough edges of competing forms of life and enable us to reconcile their incommensurable ...
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... ideas . As is true of any fashionable figure , a great deal of nonsense has been said , and done , in his name . But he equally deserves some measure of credit for informing , if nothing else , an impressive variety of pathbreaking ...
... ideas . As is true of any fashionable figure , a great deal of nonsense has been said , and done , in his name . But he equally deserves some measure of credit for informing , if nothing else , an impressive variety of pathbreaking ...
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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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