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 58
... Marxism as a mode of thought was neither sudden nor , for several years at least , clear - cut . His first two published works , which appeared shortly after he had left the PCF , both still bear the stamp of a Marxist style of ...
... Marxism as a mode of thought was neither sudden nor , for several years at least , clear - cut . His first two published works , which appeared shortly after he had left the PCF , both still bear the stamp of a Marxist style of ...
Page 152
... Marxism exists in nine- teenth - century thought like a fish in water , " he taunts : its critique of " bourgeois ... Marxist idea of “ man ” no more refers to an underlying reality than does the idea of " madness . " 106 This much seems ...
... Marxism exists in nine- teenth - century thought like a fish in water , " he taunts : its critique of " bourgeois ... Marxist idea of “ man ” no more refers to an underlying reality than does the idea of " madness . " 106 This much seems ...
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... Marxism that had engulfed a great many of these movements around the world , Foucault's approach seemed strikingly fresh and original . It also seemed to fit well with one of the central am- bitions of this generation of leftists : to ...
... Marxism that had engulfed a great many of these movements around the world , Foucault's approach seemed strikingly fresh and original . It also seemed to fit well with one of the central am- bitions of this generation of leftists : to ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR | 13 |
WAITING FOR GODOT | 37 |
Copyright | |
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