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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... Dwelling Poetically atthe Place of the Fourfold Platial Descriptions Art and Space Chapter Four: Towards a Spatial History I: A History of Limits Archaeology Genealogy II: Mapping the Present Chapter Five: The Spaces of Power I ...
... Dwelling Poetically atthe Place of the Fourfold Platial Descriptions Art and Space Chapter Four: Towards a Spatial History I: A History of Limits Archaeology Genealogy II: Mapping the Present Chapter Five: The Spaces of Power I ...
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... dwelling and the πóλις – which showcase the application of the theoretical insights into space,place and history tracedin the precedingtwo chapters. Due emphasis is accorded to the political element in Heidegger's philosophy. Rather ...
... dwelling and the πóλις – which showcase the application of the theoretical insights into space,place and history tracedin the precedingtwo chapters. Due emphasis is accorded to the political element in Heidegger's philosophy. Rather ...
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... betweenfour walls'ina geometrical spatial sense, but as equipment for dwelling [Wohnzeug]. (GA2, 68; see GA24, 414) Another example perhaps upsets our customary notions: When, for instance, someone wears a pair of spectacles which.
... betweenfour walls'ina geometrical spatial sense, but as equipment for dwelling [Wohnzeug]. (GA2, 68; see GA24, 414) Another example perhaps upsets our customary notions: When, for instance, someone wears a pair of spectacles which.
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... dwelling place and an abstract space'. 27 Spaceis characterized as Cartesian; place as experiential, lived: it is to be understood poetically. In 'The Rhine' hymn, Heidegger immediately notices that the first strophe of the poem ...
... dwelling place and an abstract space'. 27 Spaceis characterized as Cartesian; place as experiential, lived: it is to be understood poetically. In 'The Rhine' hymn, Heidegger immediately notices that the first strophe of the poem ...
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... dwelling are well illustrated in the following passage: The river now founds in the country a characterised space [geprägten Raum] and a delimited place [Ort] of settlement, of communication, [giving] to the people a developable country ...
... dwelling are well illustrated in the following passage: The river now founds in the country a characterised space [geprägten Raum] and a delimited place [Ort] of settlement, of communication, [giving] to the people a developable country ...
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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