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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... less and less as an object of taste that had to be judged , and more and more as a language that had to be interpreted and in which the author's tricks of expression had to be recognized ) . ( c ) Lastly , we must analyse the grids of ...
... less and less as an object of taste that had to be judged , and more and more as a language that had to be interpreted and in which the author's tricks of expression had to be recognized ) . ( c ) Lastly , we must analyse the grids of ...
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... less systematic , less complete , and far less numerous observations , but which sometimes facilitates observa- tions that are more far - reaching in their effects , with a better knowledge of the background and environment ; the ...
... less systematic , less complete , and far less numerous observations , but which sometimes facilitates observa- tions that are more far - reaching in their effects , with a better knowledge of the background and environment ; the ...
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... less charged with determinations , less strongly structured , more omni- present , too , than all these figures ; as if it had fewer features , and ones less difficult to group together ; but as if , by that very fact , it rejected all ...
... less charged with determinations , less strongly structured , more omni- present , too , than all these figures ; as if it had fewer features , and ones less difficult to group together ; but as if , by that very fact , it rejected all ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The unities of discourse | 21 |
Discursive formations | 31 |
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