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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... meaning only in relation to the context ( whether they contain ' deictic ' elements that refer to a concrete situation ; or make use of first- or second - person pronouns that designate the speaking subject and his interlocutors ; or ...
... meaning only in relation to the context ( whether they contain ' deictic ' elements that refer to a concrete situation ; or make use of first- or second - person pronouns that designate the speaking subject and his interlocutors ; or ...
Page 109
... meaning of its own accord , but rather an element in a field of coexistence ; as more than a passing event or an inert object , but rather a repeatable materiality . The description of statements is concerned , in a sort of vertical ...
... meaning of its own accord , but rather an element in a field of coexistence ; as more than a passing event or an inert object , but rather a repeatable materiality . The description of statements is concerned , in a sort of vertical ...
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... meaning ' , state- ments appear in superabundant proliferation , since it is to that meaning alone that they all refer and to it alone that they owe their truth : a plethora of signifying elements in relation to this single ' signified ...
... meaning ' , state- ments appear in superabundant proliferation , since it is to that meaning alone that they all refer and to it alone that they owe their truth : a plethora of signifying elements in relation to this single ' signified ...
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