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 98
... effort to " become what one is , " the book also had to serve as Foucault's thèse principale , roughly the French equivalent of a doctoral dissertation , though the standards in France are substantially more exacting than those in the ...
... effort to " become what one is , " the book also had to serve as Foucault's thèse principale , roughly the French equivalent of a doctoral dissertation , though the standards in France are substantially more exacting than those in the ...
Page 124
... effort to reveal the " system " of understanding , yet also drawing from the dismembered fragments strange and improbable new narratives , evoking a sort of " negative entropy of knowledge , " as he once put it . + In The Birth of the ...
... effort to reveal the " system " of understanding , yet also drawing from the dismembered fragments strange and improbable new narratives , evoking a sort of " negative entropy of knowledge , " as he once put it . + In The Birth of the ...
Page 241
... effort to grapple with the romance of violence - and the " fascism " within . 117 In these pages , in swift and often dizzyingly elliptical strokes , he tried to illuminate one of the most striking paradoxes of modern European history ...
... effort to grapple with the romance of violence - and the " fascism " within . 117 In these pages , in swift and often dizzyingly elliptical strokes , he tried to illuminate one of the most striking paradoxes of modern European history ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR | 13 |
WAITING FOR GODOT | 37 |
Copyright | |
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