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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... appear as an explicit theme until later works, although it would appear that the second part of Being and Time would have covered some of this area. However, Heidegger does offer some thoughts on history inwhat was published of Being ...
... appear as an explicit theme until later works, although it would appear that the second part of Being and Time would have covered some of this area. However, Heidegger does offer some thoughts on history inwhat was published of Being ...
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... appear to show the spatiality of Heidegger's thought. Right from his earliest works, he uses the German word Dasein, which, as a noun, means 'existence', but that also, as a verb, means 'to be there'. If this word is broken apart, or is ...
... appear to show the spatiality of Heidegger's thought. Right from his earliest works, he uses the German word Dasein, which, as a noun, means 'existence', but that also, as a verb, means 'to be there'. If this word is broken apart, or is ...
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... appears that to grasp place in itself is something great and very difficult.' 36 The temptation of determining place in a Cartesian way–to take theextension of the material [die Ausdehnungdes Stoffes] orthe limitofthe form as the place ...
... appears that to grasp place in itself is something great and very difficult.' 36 The temptation of determining place in a Cartesian way–to take theextension of the material [die Ausdehnungdes Stoffes] orthe limitofthe form as the place ...
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... appears that time is measured by movement in space, by, for example, observation of the sun or shadow clocks (GA2, 412ff; see CT 18). Throughout his early work, Heidegger uses the notion of time as thepoint of departure for hisanalyses ...
... appears that time is measured by movement in space, by, for example, observation of the sun or shadow clocks (GA2, 412ff; see CT 18). Throughout his early work, Heidegger uses the notion of time as thepoint of departure for hisanalyses ...
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... appear, but Heidegger also stresses its importance in the prefaceto the seventhedition of Beingand Time(again, 1953), which was thefirst todrop the designation 'First Half'. Heidegger suggests the basic problematic for himremains, even ...
... appear, but Heidegger also stresses its importance in the prefaceto the seventhedition of Beingand Time(again, 1953), which was thefirst todrop the designation 'First Half'. Heidegger suggests the basic problematic for himremains, even ...
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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