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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... 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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