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 85
... Perhaps to dream of death was mad . Perhaps the experience of the void eluded every effort to communicate it . Perhaps the nihilism palpable in the death camps could find in a work that embraced the void no adequate response . Perhaps ...
... Perhaps to dream of death was mad . Perhaps the experience of the void eluded every effort to communicate it . Perhaps the nihilism palpable in the death camps could find in a work that embraced the void no adequate response . Perhaps ...
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... perhaps the poet on stage that night in 1947 would not have acted like a drowning man . Perhaps he would not have experienced his own most inescapable impulses as cruel , violent , insanely self - destructive . Perhaps he would no ...
... perhaps the poet on stage that night in 1947 would not have acted like a drowning man . Perhaps he would not have experienced his own most inescapable impulses as cruel , violent , insanely self - destructive . Perhaps he would no ...
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... perhaps divine ) spark within- what Kant called freedom ; what Nietzsche called will to power ; and what Heidegger ... perhaps , he thought , the older man had been a victim of heat stroke ; it was a relatively hot day ; perhaps the cool ...
... perhaps divine ) spark within- what Kant called freedom ; what Nietzsche called will to power ; and what Heidegger ... perhaps , he thought , the older man had been a victim of heat stroke ; it was a relatively hot day ; perhaps the cool ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR | 13 |
WAITING FOR GODOT | 37 |
Copyright | |
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