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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... method of historical analysis freed from the anthropological theme , it is clear that the theory that I am about to outline has a dual relation with the previous studies . It is an attempt to formulate ... methods and forms 16 INTRODUCTION.
... method of historical analysis freed from the anthropological theme , it is clear that the theory that I am about to outline has a dual relation with the previous studies . It is an attempt to formulate ... methods and forms 16 INTRODUCTION.
Page 59
... methods of systematizing propositions that already exist , because they have been pre- viously formulated , but in a separated state ; or again the methods of re- distributing statements that are already linked together , but which one ...
... methods of systematizing propositions that already exist , because they have been pre- viously formulated , but in a separated state ; or again the methods of re- distributing statements that are already linked together , but which one ...
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... methods nor the concepts of structuralism ; that you made no reference to the procedures of linguistic description ; that you are not concerned with formalization . But what do these differences amount to , if not that you have failed ...
... methods nor the concepts of structuralism ; that you made no reference to the procedures of linguistic description ; that you are not concerned with formalization . But what do these differences amount to , if not that you have failed ...
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