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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... issues raised by Foucault's views on such matters . It is enough to say that , in the end , I was forced to ascribe to ... issue of personal identity does not , alas , exhaust the methodological conundrums facing anyone who writes about ...
... issues raised by Foucault's views on such matters . It is enough to say that , in the end , I was forced to ascribe to ... issue of personal identity does not , alas , exhaust the methodological conundrums facing anyone who writes about ...
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... issues to which the text nevertheless keeps cir- cling back . What , for example , are we to make of Foucault's apparent fascination with death - by - torture ? Or , to pose the question more abstractly , in terms of the ethical issue ...
... issues to which the text nevertheless keeps cir- cling back . What , for example , are we to make of Foucault's apparent fascination with death - by - torture ? Or , to pose the question more abstractly , in terms of the ethical issue ...
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... issues in an interview for the American intellectual quarterly Salmagundi : see " Sexual Choice , Sexual Act , " Salmagundi , 58–59 ( Fall - Winter 1983 ) -special issue on " Homosexuality : Sacrilege , Vision , Politics , " edited by ...
... issues in an interview for the American intellectual quarterly Salmagundi : see " Sexual Choice , Sexual Act , " Salmagundi , 58–59 ( Fall - Winter 1983 ) -special issue on " Homosexuality : Sacrilege , Vision , Politics , " edited by ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR | 13 |
WAITING FOR GODOT | 37 |
Copyright | |
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