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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... plays the same role : it shows that immediately visible contradictions are merely surface reflections ; and that this play of dispersed light must be concentrated into a single focus . Contradiction is the illusion of a unity that hides ...
... plays the same role : it shows that immediately visible contradictions are merely surface reflections ; and that this play of dispersed light must be concentrated into a single focus . Contradiction is the illusion of a unity that hides ...
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... play , utopia or anguish . Play , as Borges uses the term , in the form of commentary that is nothing more than the reappearance , word for word ( though this time it is solemn and anticipated ) of the text commented on ; or again , the ...
... play , utopia or anguish . Play , as Borges uses the term , in the form of commentary that is nothing more than the reappearance , word for word ( though this time it is solemn and anticipated ) of the text commented on ; or again , the ...
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... play must , at the same time , analyse the discursive regularities through which these instances are formed . Any genea- logical description must take into account the limits at play within real forma- tions . The difference between the ...
... play must , at the same time , analyse the discursive regularities through which these instances are formed . Any genea- logical description must take into account the limits at play within real forma- tions . The difference between the ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The unities of discourse | 21 |
Discursive formations | 31 |
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