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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... certain truths of a general kind , concerning the human body , life , disease , lesions , etc. , which provide certain elements of the diagnosis , certain signs of the developing condition , certain criteria of cure , and which makes ...
... certain truths of a general kind , concerning the human body , life , disease , lesions , etc. , which provide certain elements of the diagnosis , certain signs of the developing condition , certain criteria of cure , and which makes ...
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... certain concepts , that is , certain forms of coexistence between statements : thus in the texts of the Physiocrats , one will not find the same modes of integrat- ing quantitative data and measurements as in the analyses of the Utili ...
... certain concepts , that is , certain forms of coexistence between statements : thus in the texts of the Physiocrats , one will not find the same modes of integrat- ing quantitative data and measurements as in the analyses of the Utili ...
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... certain categories of subject . In a word , let us say that these are the main rules for the subjection of dis- course . What is an educational system , after all , if not a ritualisation of the word ; if not a qualification of some ...
... certain categories of subject . In a word , let us say that these are the main rules for the subjection of dis- course . What is an educational system , after all , if not a ritualisation of the word ; if not a qualification of some ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The unities of discourse | 21 |
Discursive formations | 31 |
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