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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... definition of the level of analysis and of the relevant elements (in the material studied, one may extract numerical indications; references – explicit or not – to events, institutions, practices; the words used, with their grammatical ...
... definition of the level of analysis and of the relevant elements (in the material studied, one may extract numerical indications; references – explicit or not – to events, institutions, practices; the words used, with their grammatical ...
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... definition of the historical field, nor, in all probability, to the definition of a structural method. This epistemological mutation of history is not yet complete. But it is not of recent origin either, since its first phase can no ...
... definition of the historical field, nor, in all probability, to the definition of a structural method. This epistemological mutation of history is not yet complete. But it is not of recent origin either, since its first phase can no ...
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... as my aim is to 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.
... as my aim is to 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.
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... define a method of analysis purged of all anthropologism. The ground on which it rests is the one that it has itself discovered. The studies of madness and the beginnings of psychology, of illness and the beginnings of a clinical ...
... define a method of analysis purged of all anthropologism. The ground on which it rests is the one that it has itself discovered. The studies of madness and the beginnings of psychology, of illness and the beginnings of a clinical ...
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... a way of saying that everyone else is wrong. It is an attempt to 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.
... a way of saying that everyone else is wrong. It is an attempt to 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.
Contents
CHAPTER 2Discursive Formations | |
CHAPTER 3The Formation of Objects | |
CHAPTER 4The Formation of Enunciative Modalities | |
CHAPTER 5The Formation of Concepts | |
CHAPTER 6The Formation of Strategies | |
CHAPTER 5The Historical a priori and the Archive | |
PART IVArchaeological Description | |
CHAPTER 1Archaeology and the History of Ideas | |
CHAPTER 2The Original and the Regular | |
CHAPTER 3Contradictions | |
CHAPTER 4The Comparative Facts | |
CHAPTER 5Change and Transformations | |
CHAPTER 6Science and Knowledge | |
CHAPTER 7Remarks and Consequences | |
PART IIIThe Statement and the Archive | |
CHAPTER 1Defining the Statement | |
CHAPTER 2The Enunciative Function | |
CHAPTER 3The Description of Statements | |
CHAPTER 4Rarity Exteriority Accumulation | |
PART VConclusion | |
Conclusion | |
APPENDIXandINDEX | |
APPENDIXThe Discourse on Language | |
About the Author | |
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