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 118
... approach to " limit- experience " with that of his old friend Georges Bataille . In another admiring review , the young philosopher Michel Serres pointed out the work's sim- ilarities with Nietzsche's Birth of Tragedy . And Roland ...
... approach to " limit- experience " with that of his old friend Georges Bataille . In another admiring review , the young philosopher Michel Serres pointed out the work's sim- ilarities with Nietzsche's Birth of Tragedy . And Roland ...
Page 299
... approach changed . But he still didn't know where he was going . " 47 In his 1978 lectures , Foucault turned abruptly to a new topic - what he came to call " governmentality . " The unwieldy neologism indicated his interest not only in ...
... approach changed . But he still didn't know where he was going . " 47 In his 1978 lectures , Foucault turned abruptly to a new topic - what he came to call " governmentality . " The unwieldy neologism indicated his interest not only in ...
Page 361
... approach to the truth , as Foucault reconstructs the Cynical strand in Western thought , was the early Christian ascetics . The desert saint , like the pagan Cynic , wrenched himself away from everyday life and ordinary society ...
... approach to the truth , as Foucault reconstructs the Cynical strand in Western thought , was the early Christian ascetics . The desert saint , like the pagan Cynic , wrenched himself away from everyday life and ordinary society ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR | 13 |
WAITING FOR GODOT | 37 |
Copyright | |
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