The Passion of Michel FoucaultA startling look at one of this century's most influential philosophers, the book 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 134
... idea that the world is one vast text , he was swept away , not simply by his own exquisitely refined powers of interpretation , but also by the prospect of creating a rigorous new science of signs . Tel quel quickly followed his lead ...
... idea that the world is one vast text , he was swept away , not simply by his own exquisitely refined powers of interpretation , but also by the prospect of creating a rigorous new science of signs . Tel quel quickly followed his lead ...
Page 222
... idea in Architecture " offered , he wrote , " the diagram of a mechanism of power reduced to its ideal form " ; it ... idea of " panopticism " illuminated a host of real institutions that were in the process of transforming modern life ...
... idea in Architecture " offered , he wrote , " the diagram of a mechanism of power reduced to its ideal form " ; it ... idea of " panopticism " illuminated a host of real institutions that were in the process of transforming modern life ...
Page 323
... idea of the bios as a material for an aesthetic piece of art is something which fascinates me , " Foucault explained in one interview , summing up this aspect of his fascination with Stoicism . " The idea also that ethics can be a very ...
... idea of the bios as a material for an aesthetic piece of art is something which fascinates me , " Foucault explained in one interview , summing up this aspect of his fascination with Stoicism . " The idea also that ethics can be a very ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR | 13 |
WAITING FOR GODOT | 37 |
Copyright | |
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