Mapping the Present: Heidegger, Foucault and the Project of a Spatial HistoryIn a late interview, Foucault, suggested that Heidegger was for him the "essential philosopher." Taking this claim seriously, Mapping the Present assesses the relationship between these two thinkers, particularly on the issue of space and history. It suggests that space and history need to be rethought, and combined as a spatial history, rather than as a history of space. In other words, space should become not merely an object of analysis, but a tool of analysis.The first half of the book concentrates on Heidegger: from the early occlusion of space, through the politically charged readings of Nietzsche and Holderlin, to the later work on art, technology and the polis which accord equal status to issues of spatiality. Foucault's work is then rethought in the light of the analysis of Heidegger, and the project of a spatial history established through re-readings of his works on madness and discipline.. |
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... Nietzsche – especially onthe points of thehistorical approach and the understandingof power. Sometimes apassing ... Nietzsche's influence on Foucault is indeed immense, but it is continually mediated by Heidegger, and Heidegger's ...
... Nietzsche – especially onthe points of thehistorical approach and the understandingof power. Sometimes apassing ... Nietzsche's influence on Foucault is indeed immense, but it is continually mediated by Heidegger, and Heidegger's ...
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... Nietzsche is continually mediated through Heidegger, and particularly Heidegger's book Nietzsche. The general point being made is that,although Nietzsche's influence on Foucault isofgreat importance, there are anumber of central issues ...
... Nietzsche is continually mediated through Heidegger, and particularly Heidegger's book Nietzsche. The general point being made is that,although Nietzsche's influence on Foucault isofgreat importance, there are anumber of central issues ...
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... Nietzsche, historyis not capable of objectivity, and where this is aimedfor often great harm results. Instead, history has ... Nietzsche's diagnosis of the cultural malaise of his own time – exacerbated by the threat of war and the Paris ...
... Nietzsche, historyis not capable of objectivity, and where this is aimedfor often great harm results. Instead, history has ... Nietzsche's diagnosis of the cultural malaise of his own time – exacerbated by the threat of war and the Paris ...
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... Nietzsche's work; the laterHeidegger's historical ontology; and Foucault's appropriation of thesenotions. Forwhat Nietzsche, Heideggerand Foucaultshare is a realization that the structures ofknowledge that are takenas absolutesata ...
... Nietzsche's work; the laterHeidegger's historical ontology; and Foucault's appropriation of thesenotions. Forwhat Nietzsche, Heideggerand Foucaultshare is a realization that the structures ofknowledge that are takenas absolutesata ...
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... Nietzsche's thought at length. Heidegger was at this time following a common trend, as the philosopher of the ... Nietzsche's work. In speaking here of Nietzsche, we mean tohave nothing to do with all that . . . (GA40, 39; IM 36; see ...
... Nietzsche's thought at length. Heidegger was at this time following a common trend, as the philosopher of the ... Nietzsche's work. In speaking here of Nietzsche, we mean tohave nothing to do with all that . . . (GA40, 39; IM 36; see ...
Contents
Art Technology Place and the Political | |
Towards a Spatial History | |
Mapping the Present | |
The Spaces of Power | |
Not Through Benthams Eyes | |
Conclusion | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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Mapping the Present: Heidegger, Foucault and the Project of a Spatial History Stuart Elden No preview available - 2001 |
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