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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In the history of ideas , of thought and of the sciences , the same mutation has
brought about the opposite effect ; it has broken up the long series formed by the
progress of consciousness , or the teleology of reason , or the evolution of ...
In the history of ideas , of thought and of the sciences , the same mutation has
brought about the opposite effect ; it has broken up the long series formed by the
progress of consciousness , or the teleology of reason , or the evolution of ...
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There are several reasons for this . The first has already been given : the
statement is not just another unity – above or below - sentences and propositions
; it is always invested in unities of this kind , or even in sequences of signs that do
not ...
There are several reasons for this . The first has already been given : the
statement is not just another unity – above or below - sentences and propositions
; it is always invested in unities of this kind , or even in sequences of signs that do
not ...
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reason and folly . From the depths of the Middle Ages , a man was mad if his
speech could not be said to form part of the common discourse of men . His
words were considered nul and void , without truth or significance , worthless as
evidence ...
reason and folly . From the depths of the Middle Ages , a man was mad if his
speech could not be said to form part of the common discourse of men . His
words were considered nul and void , without truth or significance , worthless as
evidence ...
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Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The unities of discourse | 21 |
Discursive formations | 35 |
Copyright | |
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