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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Page 55
... suicide " bit by bit , decorate it , arrange the details , find the ingredients , imagine it , choose it , get advice on it , shape it into a work without spectators , one which exists only for oneself , just for that shortest little ...
... suicide " bit by bit , decorate it , arrange the details , find the ingredients , imagine it , choose it , get advice on it , shape it into a work without spectators , one which exists only for oneself , just for that shortest little ...
Page 75
... suicide , as in our case , and with it the Nothingness , takes on a ' desperately ' positive meaning . " Thus Ellen West's final embrace of death is paradoxically festive , " not only because death comes as a friend , ... but also for ...
... suicide , as in our case , and with it the Nothingness , takes on a ' desperately ' positive meaning . " Thus Ellen West's final embrace of death is paradoxically festive , " not only because death comes as a friend , ... but also for ...
Page 193
... suicide to be a rather poor candidate for furthering a rev- olution , Foucault emphatically disagrees . 105 " The border , " he declares , " is often narrow between a permanent temp- tation to commit suicide and the birth of a certain ...
... suicide to be a rather poor candidate for furthering a rev- olution , Foucault emphatically disagrees . 105 " The border , " he declares , " is often narrow between a permanent temp- tation to commit suicide and the birth of a certain ...
Contents
THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR | 13 |
WAITING FOR GODOT | 37 |
THE HEART LAID BARE | 66 |
Copyright | |
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