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 32
... various ways in individual or social experience and which may be called madness . But I soon realized that the unity of the object ' madness ' does not enable one to individualize a group of state- ments , and to establish between them ...
... various ways in individual or social experience and which may be called madness . But I soon realized that the unity of the object ' madness ' does not enable one to individualize a group of state- ments , and to establish between them ...
Page 54
... various component elements of the medical mentality : how this shift of interest on the part of the doctors came about , by what theoretical or experimental model they were influenced , what philosophy or moral thematics defined the ...
... various component elements of the medical mentality : how this shift of interest on the part of the doctors came about , by what theoretical or experimental model they were influenced , what philosophy or moral thematics defined the ...
Page 105
... various net- works and various fields of use , is subjected to transferences or modi- fications , is integrated into operations and strategies in which its identity is maintained or effaced . Thus the statement circulates , is used ...
... various net- works and various fields of use , is subjected to transferences or modi- fications , is integrated into operations and strategies in which its identity is maintained or effaced . Thus the statement circulates , is used ...
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