The Archaeology of KnowledgeMadness, 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 methadological assumptions, this book is also a first step toward a genealogy of the way we live now. Challenging, at times infuriating, it is an absolutey indispensable guide to one of the most innovative thinkers of our time. |
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... define a 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, in general terms (and not ...
... define a 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, in general terms (and not ...
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... define a particular site by the exteriority of its vicinity ; rather than trying to reduce others to silence , by claiming that what they say is worthless , I have tried to define this blank space from which I speak , and which is ...
... define a particular site by the exteriority of its vicinity ; rather than trying to reduce others to silence , by claiming that what they say is worthless , I have tried to define this blank space from which I speak , and which is ...
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... definition ) the phenomena of resemblance or repetition ; which links , at a distance and through time - as if through the mediation of a medium of propagation such defined unities as individuals , œuvres , notions , or theories . There ...
... definition ) the phenomena of resemblance or repetition ; which links , at a distance and through time - as if through the mediation of a medium of propagation such defined unities as individuals , œuvres , notions , or theories . There ...
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... define in what conditions and in view of which analyses certain of them are legitimate ; and we must indicate which ... definition ? What we must do , in fact , is to tear away from them their virtual self - evidence , and to free the ...
... define in what conditions and in view of which analyses certain of them are legitimate ; and we must indicate which ... definition ? What we must do , in fact , is to tear away from them their virtual self - evidence , and to free the ...
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... corpus of statements, or a collection of discursive facts; but we must then define, on the basis of this grouping, which has value as a sample, rules that may make it possible to construct other statements than these: even if it.
... corpus of statements, or a collection of discursive facts; but we must then define, on the basis of this grouping, which has value as a sample, rules that may make it possible to construct other statements than these: even if it.
Contents
Discursive formations | |
The formation of objects | |
The formation of enunciative modalities | |
The formation of concepts | |
The formation of strategies | |
Remarks and consequences | |
Rarity exteriority accumulation | |
The historical a priori and the archive | |
Archaeology and the history of ideas | |
The original and the regular | |
Contradictions | |
The comparative facts | |
Change and transformations | |
Science and knowledge | |
Defining the statement | |
The enunciative function | |
The description of statements | |
Conclusion | |
The Discourse on Language | |
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