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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... revealing 1981 interview , he described in some detail the appeal to him of certain extreme forms of Passion , implicitly linking a shattering type of “ suffering - pleasure , " the lifelong preparation for sui- cide - and the ability ...
... revealing 1981 interview , he described in some detail the appeal to him of certain extreme forms of Passion , implicitly linking a shattering type of “ suffering - pleasure , " the lifelong preparation for sui- cide - and the ability ...
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... revealing , might then be seen merely as " the supernatural return of the insult , a retribution thwarting the flight into counter - nature . " 1956 Despite his understandable misgivings about the philosophical value of his own interest ...
... revealing , might then be seen merely as " the supernatural return of the insult , a retribution thwarting the flight into counter - nature . " 1956 Despite his understandable misgivings about the philosophical value of his own interest ...
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... revealing , than his relationship , after 1982 , with Robert Badinter - at the time , France's minister of justice . Foucault had first met Badinter in the 1970s . In those years , Badinter was in the midst of making a name for himself ...
... revealing , than his relationship , after 1982 , with Robert Badinter - at the time , France's minister of justice . Foucault had first met Badinter in the 1970s . In those years , Badinter was in the midst of making a name for himself ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR | 13 |
WAITING FOR GODOT | 37 |
Copyright | |
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