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 104
... seemed to him too sweeping and peremptory , but the younger man had refused . Foucault was wed to the form of his ... seemed " to go spontaneously beyond the facts . " Again and again , his style seemed to express " a certain ...
... seemed to him too sweeping and peremptory , but the younger man had refused . Foucault was wed to the form of his ... seemed " to go spontaneously beyond the facts . " Again and again , his style seemed to express " a certain ...
Page 234
... seemed strikingly fresh and original . It also seemed to fit well with one of the central am- bitions of this generation of leftists : to elaborate a critique of modern culture and society that avoided both the crude materialism of ...
... seemed strikingly fresh and original . It also seemed to fit well with one of the central am- bitions of this generation of leftists : to elaborate a critique of modern culture and society that avoided both the crude materialism of ...
Page 304
... seemed un- questionable . " It wasn't as a matter of course that mad people came to be regarded as mentally ill ; it wasn't self - evident that the only thing to be done with a criminal was to lock him up , it wasn't self - evident that ...
... seemed un- questionable . " It wasn't as a matter of course that mad people came to be regarded as mentally ill ; it wasn't self - evident that the only thing to be done with a criminal was to lock him up , it wasn't self - evident that ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR | 13 |
WAITING FOR GODOT | 37 |
Copyright | |
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