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 58
... period does not obey the same forms , or the same criteria of choice , or the same principles of exclusion , as in the period when Aldrovandi was col- lecting in one and the same text everything that had been seen , observed , recounted ...
... period does not obey the same forms , or the same criteria of choice , or the same principles of exclusion , as in the period when Aldrovandi was col- lecting in one and the same text everything that had been seen , observed , recounted ...
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... period to rewrite linear descriptions in classificatory tables that have neither the same laws nor the same configuration as the lists and groups of kinship established in the Middle Ages and during the Renais- sance ) ; in methods of ...
... period to rewrite linear descriptions in classificatory tables that have neither the same laws nor the same configuration as the lists and groups of kinship established in the Middle Ages and during the Renais- sance ) ; in methods of ...
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... period , the discursive practices that give rise to epistemological figures , sciences , and possibly formalized ... period ; it is the totality of relations that can be discovered , for a given period , between the sciences when one ...
... period , the discursive practices that give rise to epistemological figures , sciences , and possibly formalized ... period ; it is the totality of relations that can be discovered , for a given period , between the sciences when one ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The unities of discourse | 21 |
Discursive formations | 31 |
Copyright | |
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