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 92
... experience " directly , starting with the experience of madness . 97 According to his emerging philosophical convictions , his inquiry would have to proceed simultaneously on different fronts . On the one hand , the historian and ...
... experience " directly , starting with the experience of madness . 97 According to his emerging philosophical convictions , his inquiry would have to proceed simultaneously on different fronts . On the one hand , the historian and ...
Page 105
... experience , " an " experience , not yet divided , of di- vision itself . " His book “ is not a question of a history of knowledge , ” he insists , but rather a history of " the rudimentary movements of an experience . " 49 The idea of ...
... experience , " an " experience , not yet divided , of di- vision itself . " His book “ is not a question of a history of knowledge , ” he insists , but rather a history of " the rudimentary movements of an experience . " 49 The idea of ...
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... experience of the world could arise only on the basis of certain a priori categories : " Though all our knowledge begins with experience , " declared Kant , " it does not follow that it all arises out of experience . " The a priori ...
... experience of the world could arise only on the basis of certain a priori categories : " Though all our knowledge begins with experience , " declared Kant , " it does not follow that it all arises out of experience . " The a priori ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR | 13 |
WAITING FOR GODOT | 37 |
Copyright | |
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