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 93
... should not draw a general conclusion from this dissociation that the subject of
the statement is distinct in everything - in nature , status , function , and identity –
from the author of the formulation . Yet this gap is not confined to literature alone .
... should not draw a general conclusion from this dissociation that the subject of
the statement is distinct in everything - in nature , status , function , and identity –
from the author of the formulation . Yet this gap is not confined to literature alone .
Page 115
In examining the statement what we have discovered is a function that has a
bearing on groups of signs , which is identified neither with grammatical '
acceptability ' nor with logical correctness , and which requires if it is to operate :
a ...
In examining the statement what we have discovered is a function that has a
bearing on groups of signs , which is identified neither with grammatical '
acceptability ' nor with logical correctness , and which requires if it is to operate :
a ...
Page 222
But since the seventeenth century this function has been steadily declining ; it
barely survives now , save to give a name to a theorem , an effect , an example or
a syndrome . In literature , however , and from about the same period , the author
...
But since the seventeenth century this function has been steadily declining ; it
barely survives now , save to give a name to a theorem , an effect , an example or
a syndrome . In literature , however , and from about the same period , the author
...
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Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The unities of discourse | 21 |
Discursive formations | 35 |
Copyright | |
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accepted according already analysis appearance archaeology articulated basis beginning belong called century certain characterized concepts concerned consciousness constitute construction continuity course define definition derivation describe determine discipline discontinuity discourse discover discursive formation discursive practice dispersion domain economic effect elements emergence enunciative established example existence fact field figures formulation function give given grammar hand ideas identity individual knowledge language least less limits linguistic linked logical material meaning methods Natural History never objects once operation organization origin particular period philosophy play political positivity possible present principle problem proposition question reason refer regularity relations remain reveal role rules scientific sentence signs space speaking specific statements status structure succession term theme theoretical theory things thought tion transformations truth types unity various whole
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Archaeology of Knowledge Social theory World of man |
| Author | Michel Foucault |
| Translated by | Alan Sheridan |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books, 1972 |
| ISBN | 0394471180, 9780394471181 |
| Length | 245 pages |
| Subjects | › › Philosophy / History & Surveys / Modern |
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