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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... play - within - the - play unfolds . The slave will perform . Pozzo jerks the rope : " Think , pig ! " The otherwise mute man abruptly lurches into a shouted soliloquy : " Given the existence as uttered forth in the public works of ...
... play - within - the - play unfolds . The slave will perform . Pozzo jerks the rope : " Think , pig ! " The otherwise mute man abruptly lurches into a shouted soliloquy : " Given the existence as uttered forth in the public works of ...
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... play in speaking a language . 36 It seems clear in retrospect that Foucault watched the growing surge of interest in structuralism with sympathy , detachment - and a strategist's shrewd sense of the forces at play . Here was a language ...
... play in speaking a language . 36 It seems clear in retrospect that Foucault watched the growing surge of interest in structuralism with sympathy , detachment - and a strategist's shrewd sense of the forces at play . Here was a language ...
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... play , offers a useful outlet for aggressive impulses , giving shape to energies that might otherwise break society apart . Or perhaps expressing aggressive impulses , even if only in art and erotic play , merely stimulates the appetite ...
... play , offers a useful outlet for aggressive impulses , giving shape to energies that might otherwise break society apart . Or perhaps expressing aggressive impulses , even if only in art and erotic play , merely stimulates the appetite ...
Contents
THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR | 13 |
WAITING FOR GODOT | 37 |
THE HEART LAID BARE | 66 |
Copyright | |
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