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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... Nietzsche.5 This book makes the claim that the reverse of this is actually the case – that Nietzsche's influence on Foucault is indeed immense, but it is continually mediated by Heidegger, and Heidegger's reading of Nietzsche. This is ...
... Nietzsche.5 This book makes the claim that the reverse of this is actually the case – that Nietzsche's influence on Foucault is indeed immense, but it is continually mediated by Heidegger, and Heidegger's reading of Nietzsche. This is ...
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... Nietzsche is continually mediated through Heidegger, and particularly Heidegger's book Nietzsche. The general point being made is that, although Nietzsche's influence on Foucault is of great importance, there are a number of central ...
... Nietzsche is continually mediated through Heidegger, and particularly Heidegger's book Nietzsche. The general point being made is that, although Nietzsche's influence on Foucault is of great importance, there are a number of central ...
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... Nietzsche in the second Untimely Meditation, 'On the Uses and Disadvantages of Historiography for Life'. This is the only ... Nietzsche's diagnosis of the cultural malaise of his own time – exacerbated by the threat of war and the Paris ...
... Nietzsche in the second Untimely Meditation, 'On the Uses and Disadvantages of Historiography for Life'. This is the only ... Nietzsche's diagnosis of the cultural malaise of his own time – exacerbated by the threat of war and the Paris ...
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... Nietzsche's work; the later Heidegger's historical ontology; and Foucault's appropriation of these notions. For what Nietzsche, Heidegger and Foucault share is a realization that the structures of knowledge that are taken as absolutes ...
... Nietzsche's work; the later Heidegger's historical ontology; and Foucault's appropriation of these notions. For what Nietzsche, Heidegger and Foucault share is a realization that the structures of knowledge that are taken as absolutes ...
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... Nietzsche's work. In speaking here of Nietzsche, we mean to have nothing to do with all that . . . (GA40, 39; IM 36; see GA43, 276) This was written barely a year after Heidegger's attempt den Fu ̈hrer zu fu ̈hren – to lead the leader ...
... Nietzsche's work. In speaking here of Nietzsche, we mean to have nothing to do with all that . . . (GA40, 39; IM 36; see GA43, 276) This was written barely a year after Heidegger's attempt den Fu ̈hrer zu fu ̈hren – to lead the leader ...
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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