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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... cruelty and violence to play in the organization of body , soul , and society ? Foucault was , of course , not the first modern thinker to raise these questions . Sade , Bataille , and Artaud had raised questions about cruelty and ...
... cruelty and violence to play in the organization of body , soul , and society ? Foucault was , of course , not the first modern thinker to raise these questions . Sade , Bataille , and Artaud had raised questions about cruelty and ...
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... cruelty , this delight in imposing a form upon oneself as a hard , recalcitrant , suf- fering material , and in burning a will , a critique , a contradiction , a con- tempt , a No into it , this uncanny , dreadfully joyous labor of a ...
... cruelty , this delight in imposing a form upon oneself as a hard , recalcitrant , suf- fering material , and in burning a will , a critique , a contradiction , a con- tempt , a No into it , this uncanny , dreadfully joyous labor of a ...
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... cruelty ; it is healthier , more " active , " rather than weak and " reactive . " Better internalized cruelty than no cruelty at all : both the ruthless reso- luteness of the ascetic and the brutal fantasies of the artist and solitary ...
... cruelty ; it is healthier , more " active , " rather than weak and " reactive . " Better internalized cruelty than no cruelty at all : both the ruthless reso- luteness of the ascetic and the brutal fantasies of the artist and solitary ...
Contents
THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR | 13 |
WAITING FOR GODOT | 37 |
THE HEART LAID BARE | 66 |
Copyright | |
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