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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... reveal in all its purity the space in which discursive events are deployed is not to undertake to re - establish it in an isolation that nothing could overcome ; it is not to close it upon itself ; it is to leave oneself free to ...
... reveal in all its purity the space in which discursive events are deployed is not to undertake to re - establish it in an isolation that nothing could overcome ; it is not to close it upon itself ; it is to leave oneself free to ...
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... reveal , to be the place of meaning or truth , and , instead , turn one's attention to the moment - which is at once solidified , caught up in the play of the ' signifier ' and the ' signified ' - that determines its unique and limited ...
... reveal , to be the place of meaning or truth , and , instead , turn one's attention to the moment - which is at once solidified , caught up in the play of the ' signifier ' and the ' signified ' - that determines its unique and limited ...
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... reveal , or at least display the hidden sense pervading their work ; we ask them to reveal their personal lives , to account for their experi- ences and the real story that gave birth to their writings . The author is he who implants ...
... reveal , or at least display the hidden sense pervading their work ; we ask them to reveal their personal lives , to account for their experi- ences and the real story that gave birth to their writings . The author is he who implants ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The unities of discourse | 21 |
Discursive formations | 31 |
Copyright | |
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