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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... '. This is theonly passage of Being and Timethat treats Nietzsche atany length, apoint thatshall be returned to. It is worth rehearsing the arguments of Nietzsche here, for Heidegger's reading departs in some important ways. For.
... '. This is theonly passage of Being and Timethat treats Nietzsche atany length, apoint thatshall be returned to. It is worth rehearsing the arguments of Nietzsche here, for Heidegger's reading departs in some important ways. For.
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... passage, which highlights a point Foucault would later elaborate in his reading of Nietzsche: What we next have in mind with the term 'history' is not so much 'the past'in the sense of that which is past, but rather descent [Herkunft] ...
... passage, which highlights a point Foucault would later elaborate in his reading of Nietzsche: What we next have in mind with the term 'history' is not so much 'the past'in the sense of that which is past, but rather descent [Herkunft] ...
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... passages on space are relatively rare, and the spatial characteristics of the homeland are not considered as important as the passages on historical fate [Geschick]. Time and space needto be regarded differently, and there is a linking ...
... passages on space are relatively rare, and the spatial characteristics of the homeland are not considered as important as the passages on historical fate [Geschick]. Time and space needto be regarded differently, and there is a linking ...
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... 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 which guarantees their immediate Dasein. The ...
... 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 which guarantees their immediate Dasein. The ...
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... passage: The river is simultaneously vanishing and full of intimation in a double sense. Whatisproper tothe river is thus the essential fullness ofa journey. Theriver is a journey in a singular and consummate way.We name the consummate ...
... passage: The river is simultaneously vanishing and full of intimation in a double sense. Whatisproper tothe river is thus the essential fullness ofa journey. Theriver is a journey in a singular and consummate way.We name the consummate ...
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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