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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... reason , or the evolu- tion of human thought ; it has questioned the themes of convergence and culmination ; it has doubted the possibility of creating totalities . It has led to the individualization of different series , which are ...
... reason , or the evolu- tion of human thought ; it has questioned the themes of convergence and culmination ; it has doubted the possibility of creating totalities . It has led to the individualization of different series , which are ...
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... reason : the ' signifying ' structure of language ( langage ) always refers back to something else ; objects are designated by it ; meaning is in- tended by it ; the subject is referred back to it by a number of signs even if he is not ...
... reason : the ' signifying ' structure of language ( langage ) always refers back to something else ; objects are designated by it ; meaning is in- tended by it ; the subject is referred back to it by a number of signs even if he is not ...
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... reason , rationality more rational than that of a rational man . At all events , whether excluded or secretly invested with reason , the madman's speech did not strictly exist . It was through his words that one recognised the madness ...
... reason , rationality more rational than that of a rational man . At all events , whether excluded or secretly invested with reason , the madman's speech did not strictly exist . It was through his words that one recognised the madness ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The unities of discourse | 21 |
Discursive formations | 31 |
Copyright | |
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