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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... English. Where translations do exist, they have generally been used, although they have often been modified, to ensure readability, consistency, and particularly to allow emphasis on the spatial language used. Mapping the Present ...
... English. Where translations do exist, they have generally been used, although they have often been modified, to ensure readability, consistency, and particularly to allow emphasis on the spatial language used. Mapping the Present ...
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... English and German, which refer to the original text: Sein und Zeit, Tu ̈bingen: Max Niemeyer, Eleventh edition, 1967. Kant und das Problem der Metaphysik, 1991. Translated by Richard Taft as Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics ...
... English and German, which refer to the original text: Sein und Zeit, Tu ̈bingen: Max Niemeyer, Eleventh edition, 1967. Kant und das Problem der Metaphysik, 1991. Translated by Richard Taft as Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics ...
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... English-German edition, translated by William McNeill, Blackwell: Oxford, 1992. G Gelassenheit, Pfullingen: Gu ̈nther Neske, 1959. Translated by John M. Anderson and E. Hans Freund as Discourse on Thinking (DT), New York: Harper & Row ...
... English-German edition, translated by William McNeill, Blackwell: Oxford, 1992. G Gelassenheit, Pfullingen: Gu ̈nther Neske, 1959. Translated by John M. Anderson and E. Hans Freund as Discourse on Thinking (DT), New York: Harper & Row ...
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... English speaking world. This is at least partly due to the fact that a complete translation of Histoire de la folie and much of the important material Foucault produced in the early 1970s relating to the project of discipline have never ...
... English speaking world. This is at least partly due to the fact that a complete translation of Histoire de la folie and much of the important material Foucault produced in the early 1970s relating to the project of discipline have never ...
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... English reader as Madness and Civilisation, which is a greatly edited version of the French original Histoire de la folie. As Colin Gordon has pointed out, a number of problems arise from this editing.16 Rereading Histoire de la folie ...
... English reader as Madness and Civilisation, which is a greatly edited version of the French original Histoire de la folie. As Colin Gordon has pointed out, a number of problems arise from this editing.16 Rereading Histoire de la folie ...
Contents
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Art Technology Place and the Political | 63 |
Towards a Spatial History | 93 |
The Spaces of Power | 120 |
Conclusion | 151 |
Notes | 155 |
Bibliography | 197 |
Index | 213 |
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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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