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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... approach even Foucault by ascribing to him a persistent and purposeful self , behind all his masks and outward changes of belief and behavior , reveals a crucial limitation of his philosophy ; or it may be as I believe that Foucault ...
... approach even Foucault by ascribing to him a persistent and purposeful self , behind all his masks and outward changes of belief and behavior , reveals a crucial limitation of his philosophy ; or it may be as I believe that Foucault ...
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... approach to " limit- experience " with that of his old friend Georges Bataille . In another admiring review , the young philosopher Michel Serres pointed out the work's sim- ilarities with Nietzsche's Birth of Tragedy . And Roland ...
... approach to " limit- experience " with that of his old friend Georges Bataille . In another admiring review , the young philosopher Michel Serres pointed out the work's sim- ilarities with Nietzsche's Birth of Tragedy . And Roland ...
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... approach to AIDS as a “ limit- experience " had a certain dignity . By apparently casting his fate in this way with the gay male S / M subculture , he tacitly affirmed , paradoxically , how positive , and how truly transformative , his ...
... approach to AIDS as a “ limit- experience " had a certain dignity . By apparently casting his fate in this way with the gay male S / M subculture , he tacitly affirmed , paradoxically , how positive , and how truly transformative , his ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR | 13 |
WAITING FOR GODOT | 37 |
Copyright | |
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