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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... imagination . " 70 Of all the French historians of science , however , it was surely Gaston Bachelard ( 1884-1962 ) ... imagination , the more fascinated by it he became . In 1938 , he began what turned into a sequence of studies on the ...
... imagination . " 70 Of all the French historians of science , however , it was surely Gaston Bachelard ( 1884-1962 ) ... imagination , the more fascinated by it he became . In 1938 , he began what turned into a sequence of studies on the ...
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... imagination . " 72 But Bachelard's impact on Foucault did not stop there . For out of his unusual and sustained encounter with both poetry and modern physics , Bachelard wrested a world view that stressed ruptures , breaks , cleavages ...
... imagination . " 72 But Bachelard's impact on Foucault did not stop there . For out of his unusual and sustained encounter with both poetry and modern physics , Bachelard wrested a world view that stressed ruptures , breaks , cleavages ...
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... imagination as a power of creative ' invention , ' the imagination in the shipwreck of the dream , the imagination in the poetry linked to the sign ; or , in addition : the power of desire with its emotions ; the false truth of passion ...
... imagination as a power of creative ' invention , ' the imagination in the shipwreck of the dream , the imagination in the poetry linked to the sign ; or , in addition : the power of desire with its emotions ; the false truth of passion ...
Contents
THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR | 13 |
WAITING FOR GODOT | 37 |
THE HEART LAID BARE | 66 |
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