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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Page 151
... gives rise to discourse itself . In relation to the first level of contradiction , discourse is the ideal figure that must ... give them a temporary appearance . For archaeological analysis , contradictions are neither appearances to be ...
... gives rise to discourse itself . In relation to the first level of contradiction , discourse is the ideal figure that must ... give them a temporary appearance . For archaeological analysis , contradictions are neither appearances to be ...
Page 191
... give rise to the processes of epistemologization , to attain the norms of scientificity , and , perhaps , to reach the threshold of formalization . In seeking the level of discursive practice in the historical density of the sciences ...
... give rise to the processes of epistemologization , to attain the norms of scientificity , and , perhaps , to reach the threshold of formalization . In seeking the level of discursive practice in the historical density of the sciences ...
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... give primary consideration , as if it ought to be its general form , to its diachronic character . But this was not intended to extend , beyond the domain of the language ( langue ) , concepts and methods that had been tested within it ...
... give primary consideration , as if it ought to be its general form , to its diachronic character . But this was not intended to extend , beyond the domain of the language ( langue ) , concepts and methods that had been tested within it ...
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