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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... thought - it has been neither registered nor reflected upon , while other , more recent trans- formations - those of ... thought . - There is a reason for this . If the history of thought could remain the locus of uninterrupted ...
... thought - it has been neither registered nor reflected upon , while other , more recent trans- formations - those of ... thought . - There is a reason for this . If the history of thought could remain the locus of uninterrupted ...
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... thought to be secure ; it was sacralized ; it was made the last resting - place of anthropological thought ; it was even thought that its most inveterate enemies could be captured and turned into vigilant guardians . But the historians ...
... thought to be secure ; it was sacralized ; it was made the last resting - place of anthropological thought ; it was even thought that its most inveterate enemies could be captured and turned into vigilant guardians . But the historians ...
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... thought has seen to it that discourse be permitted as little room as possible between thought and words . It would appear to have ensured that to discourse should appear merely as a certain interjection between speaking and thinking ...
... thought has seen to it that discourse be permitted as little room as possible between thought and words . It would appear to have ensured that to discourse should appear merely as a certain interjection between speaking and thinking ...
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