The Archaeology of KnowledgeMadness, 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 methadological assumptions, this book is also a first step toward a genealogy of the way we live now. Challenging, at times infuriating, it is an absolutey indispensable guide to one of the most innovative thinkers of our time. |
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... law, scales that bear a type of history peculiar to each one, and which cannot be reduced to the general model of a consciousness that acquires, progresses, and remembers. ― Second consequence : the notion of discontinuity assumes a.
... law, scales that bear a type of history peculiar to each one, and which cannot be reduced to the general model of a consciousness that acquires, progresses, and remembers. ― Second consequence : the notion of discontinuity assumes a.
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Michel Foucault. ― Second consequence : the notion of discontinuity assumes a major role in the historical disciplines ... notion of discontinuity is a paradoxical one : because it is both an instrument and an object of research ; because ...
Michel Foucault. ― Second consequence : the notion of discontinuity assumes a major role in the historical disciplines ... notion of discontinuity is a paradoxical one : because it is both an instrument and an object of research ; because ...
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... , in a historical analysis – and especially if it is concerned with thought, ideas, or knowledge – one is seen to be using in too obvious a way the categories of discontinuity and difference , the notions of threshold , rupture and.
... , in a historical analysis – and especially if it is concerned with thought, ideas, or knowledge – one is seen to be using in too obvious a way the categories of discontinuity and difference , the notions of threshold , rupture and.
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Michel Foucault. and difference , the notions of threshold , rupture and transformation , the description of series and limits . One will be denounced for attacking the inalienable rights of history and the very foundations of any ...
Michel Foucault. and difference , the notions of threshold , rupture and transformation , the description of series and limits . One will be denounced for attacking the inalienable rights of history and the very foundations of any ...
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... notions, each of which, in its own way, diversifies the theme of continuity. They may not have a very rigorous conceptual structure, but they have a very precise function. Take the notion of tradition: it is intended to give a special ...
... notions, each of which, in its own way, diversifies the theme of continuity. They may not have a very rigorous conceptual structure, but they have a very precise function. Take the notion of tradition: it is intended to give a special ...
Contents
Discursive formations | |
The formation of objects | |
The formation of enunciative modalities | |
The formation of concepts | |
The formation of strategies | |
Remarks and consequences | |
Rarity exteriority accumulation | |
The historical a priori and the archive | |
Archaeology and the history of ideas | |
The original and the regular | |
Contradictions | |
The comparative facts | |
Change and transformations | |
Science and knowledge | |
Defining the statement | |
The enunciative function | |
The description of statements | |
Conclusion | |
The Discourse on Language | |
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