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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... formation operate not only in the mind or consciousness of individuals , but in discourse itself ; they operate therefore , according to a sort of uniform anonymity , on all individuals who undertake to speak in this discursive field ...
... formation operate not only in the mind or consciousness of individuals , but in discourse itself ; they operate therefore , according to a sort of uniform anonymity , on all individuals who undertake to speak in this discursive field ...
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And the Discourse on Language Michel Foucault. - a called the discursive formation . Or again , which amounts to the same thing , but in the opposite direction ; the discursive formation is the general enunciative system that governs a ...
And the Discourse on Language Michel Foucault. - a called the discursive formation . Or again , which amounts to the same thing , but in the opposite direction ; the discursive formation is the general enunciative system that governs a ...
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... discursive formation that gave rise to it and the group of objects , concepts , and theoretical choices that it had to develop and systematize ; and one must then show how the discursive practice that gave rise to such a positivity ...
... discursive formation that gave rise to it and the group of objects , concepts , and theoretical choices that it had to develop and systematize ; and one must then show how the discursive practice that gave rise to such a positivity ...
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