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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... Foucault Effect: Studies in governmentality, edited by Graham Burchell, Colin Gordon and Peter Miller, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991. Foucault Live: Interviews 1961–1984, edited by Sylve`re Lotringer, New York: Semiotext[e] ...
... Foucault Effect: Studies in governmentality, edited by Graham Burchell, Colin Gordon and Peter Miller, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991. Foucault Live: Interviews 1961–1984, edited by Sylve`re Lotringer, New York: Semiotext[e] ...
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Heidegger, Foucault and the Project of a Spatial History Stuart Elden. Introduction. The affinities between two of the most influential European thinkers of the twentieth century – Martin Heidegger and Michel Foucault – have been left ...
Heidegger, Foucault and the Project of a Spatial History Stuart Elden. Introduction. The affinities between two of the most influential European thinkers of the twentieth century – Martin Heidegger and Michel Foucault – have been left ...
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... Foucault's later work;3 other commentators make remarks such as these: Nietzsche, not Heidegger, defines the horizon from which Foucault most often takes his departure. Heidegger's influence is apparent throughout Foucault's writing ...
... Foucault's later work;3 other commentators make remarks such as these: Nietzsche, not Heidegger, defines the horizon from which Foucault most often takes his departure. Heidegger's influence is apparent throughout Foucault's writing ...
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... Foucault has been one of the major thinkers whose work has been seized upon by those who want to argue for the importance of space, and yet relatively little is known about his own use of space in his works. This is due to a number of ...
... Foucault has been one of the major thinkers whose work has been seized upon by those who want to argue for the importance of space, and yet relatively little is known about his own use of space in his works. This is due to a number of ...
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Heidegger, Foucault and the Project of a Spatial History Stuart Elden. When Foucault's historical approach is examined Nietzsche is usually regarded as the principal influence. Nietzsche's understanding of power, the notion of genealogy ...
Heidegger, Foucault and the Project of a Spatial History Stuart Elden. When Foucault's historical approach is examined Nietzsche is usually regarded as the principal influence. Nietzsche's understanding of power, the notion of genealogy ...
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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