The Archaeology of Knowledge: And the Discourse on LanguageMadness, sexuality, power, knowledge—are these facts of life or simply parts of speech? In a series of works of astonishing brilliance, historian Michel Foucault excavated the hidden assumptions that govern the way we live and the way we think. The Archaeology of Knowledge begins at the level of "things aid" and moves quickly to illuminate the connections between knowledge, language, and action in a style at once profound and personal. A summing up of Foucault's own methodological assumptions, this book is also a first step toward a genealogy of the way we live now. Challenging, at times infuriating, it is an absolutely indispensable guide to one of the most innovative thinkers of our time. |
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... appearance behind which the truth of words is revealed ; or it acts as a neutral sub- stance that serves as a support for formal relations . The fact that , each time , it is indispensable if an analysis is to take place deprives it of ...
... appearance behind which the truth of words is revealed ; or it acts as a neutral sub- stance that serves as a support for formal relations . The fact that , each time , it is indispensable if an analysis is to take place deprives it of ...
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... appearance . For archaeological analysis , contradictions are neither appearances to be overcome , nor secret principles to be uncovered . They are objects to be described for themselves , without any attempt being made to discover from ...
... appearance . For archaeological analysis , contradictions are neither appearances to be overcome , nor secret principles to be uncovered . They are objects to be described for themselves , without any attempt being made to discover from ...
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... appearance of difference indicates an error , or a trap ; instead of examining it , the clever historian must try to reduce it : to find beneath it a smaller difference , and beneath that an even smaller one , and so on until he reaches ...
... appearance of difference indicates an error , or a trap ; instead of examining it , the clever historian must try to reduce it : to find beneath it a smaller difference , and beneath that an even smaller one , and so on until he reaches ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The unities of discourse | 21 |
Discursive formations | 31 |
Copyright | |
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