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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... talk ; my inquiry would prove futile . Since then , one useful biography of Foucault , by Didier Eribon , has already appeared , and still another , by David Macey , was being prepared as I wrote . To my own surprise , I was able to talk ...
... talk ; my inquiry would prove futile . Since then , one useful biography of Foucault , by Didier Eribon , has already appeared , and still another , by David Macey , was being prepared as I wrote . To my own surprise , I was able to talk ...
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... talk . " If it is neces- sary to pose the question of the understanding in its relation to dom- ination " -and by 1978 , he evidently thought that it was then " it must above all be by starting from a certain decisive will not to be gov ...
... talk . " If it is neces- sary to pose the question of the understanding in its relation to dom- ination " -and by 1978 , he evidently thought that it was then " it must above all be by starting from a certain decisive will not to be gov ...
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... talk is an oxygen when you're in a government , because you have to restrain yourself so much— you're not free to talk freely . " 39 As time passed , their relationship seems to have deepened . About some things they agreed to disagree ...
... talk is an oxygen when you're in a government , because you have to restrain yourself so much— you're not free to talk freely . " 39 As time passed , their relationship seems to have deepened . About some things they agreed to disagree ...
Contents
THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR | 13 |
WAITING FOR GODOT | 37 |
THE HEART LAID BARE | 66 |
Copyright | |
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