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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... followed - above all , women's liberation and gay liberation - made Foucault's work seem of historical moment . In this charged context it began to reach a global audience . Around the world after 1968 , in Italy and Spain , in Germany ...
... followed - above all , women's liberation and gay liberation - made Foucault's work seem of historical moment . In this charged context it began to reach a global audience . Around the world after 1968 , in Italy and Spain , in Germany ...
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... followed the coffin , " it was him , and all that he repre- sented ... that I wished to renounce . " Sartre's impact he summed up in a word : " terrorism . " 3 The Sartrean era that came to a formal end that day had begun thirty- five ...
... followed the coffin , " it was him , and all that he repre- sented ... that I wished to renounce . " Sartre's impact he summed up in a word : " terrorism . " 3 The Sartrean era that came to a formal end that day had begun thirty- five ...
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... followed a few months later by an essay entitled " Dreaming of One's Pleasures . " In a spirit of " humbling serenity and un- affected craftsmanship , " each of these essays examined relatively arcane classical texts : the Institutions ...
... followed a few months later by an essay entitled " Dreaming of One's Pleasures . " In a spirit of " humbling serenity and un- affected craftsmanship , " each of these essays examined relatively arcane classical texts : the Institutions ...
Contents
THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR | 13 |
WAITING FOR GODOT | 37 |
THE HEART LAID BARE | 66 |
Copyright | |
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