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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... society , its formless flux harnessed in various patterns of behavior , habits of introspection , and systems of knowledge , in addition to different types of political , social , and military organization . In Discipline and Punish ...
... society , its formless flux harnessed in various patterns of behavior , habits of introspection , and systems of knowledge , in addition to different types of political , social , and military organization . In Discipline and Punish ...
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... society " bent on generating forces , making them grow , and ordering them , " thus evincing its power , no longer through the menace of death , but rather through the management of life . 119 As the modern state refined its control ...
... society " bent on generating forces , making them grow , and ordering them , " thus evincing its power , no longer through the menace of death , but rather through the management of life . 119 As the modern state refined its control ...
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... society in which political power had assigned itself the task of ad- ministering life . " 122 Suicide , however , was only the most morbid symptom of “ a very real process of struggle " that had erupted within modern society from its ...
... society in which political power had assigned itself the task of ad- ministering life . " 122 Suicide , however , was only the most morbid symptom of “ a very real process of struggle " that had erupted within modern society from its ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR | 13 |
WAITING FOR GODOT | 37 |
Copyright | |
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