The Archaeology of KnowledgeIn France, a country that awards its intellectuals the status other countries give their rock stars, Michel Foucault was part of a glittering generation of thinkers, one which also included Sartre, de Beauvoir and Deleuze. One of the great intellectual heroes of the twentieth century, Foucault was a man whose passion and reason were at the service of nearly every progressive cause of his time. From law and order, to mental health, to power and knowledge, he spearheaded public awareness of the dynamics that hold us all in thrall to a few powerful ideologies and interests. Arguably his finest work, Archaeology of Knowledge is a challenging but fantastically rewarding introduction to his ideas. -- Amazon.com. |
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Page 112
... appearance behind which the truth of words is revealed ; or it acts as a neutral sub- stance that serves as a support for formal relations . The fact that , each time , it is indispensable if an analysis is to take place deprives it of ...
... appearance behind which the truth of words is revealed ; or it acts as a neutral sub- stance that serves as a support for formal relations . The fact that , each time , it is indispensable if an analysis is to take place deprives it of ...
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... appearance . For archaeological analysis , contradictions are neither appearances to be overcome , nor secret principles to be uncovered . They are objects to be described for themselves , without any attempt being made to discover from ...
... appearance . For archaeological analysis , contradictions are neither appearances to be overcome , nor secret principles to be uncovered . They are objects to be described for themselves , without any attempt being made to discover from ...
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... appearance of difference indicates an error , or a trap ; instead of examining it , the clever historian must try to reduce it : to find beneath it a smaller difference , and beneath that an even smaller one , and so on until he reaches ...
... appearance of difference indicates an error , or a trap ; instead of examining it , the clever historian must try to reduce it : to find beneath it a smaller difference , and beneath that an even smaller one , and so on until he reaches ...
Contents
The unities of discourse | 21 |
Discursive formations | 33 |
The formation of objects | 40 |
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