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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Page 9
... distinction between connaissance and savoir in The Archaeology of Knowledge, where he examined what he called the 'historical a priori'.8 The idea of the history of being does not appear Space and History in Being and Time 9.
... distinction between connaissance and savoir in The Archaeology of Knowledge, where he examined what he called the 'historical a priori'.8 The idea of the history of being does not appear Space and History in Being and Time 9.
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... appear as an explicit theme until later works, although it would appear that the second part of Being and Time would have covered some of this area. However, Heidegger does offer some thoughts on history in what was published of Being ...
... appear as an explicit theme until later works, although it would appear that the second part of Being and Time would have covered some of this area. However, Heidegger does offer some thoughts on history in what was published of Being ...
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... appear to show the spatiality of Heidegger's thought. Right from his earliest works, he uses the German word Dasein, which, as a noun, means 'existence', but that also, as a verb, means 'to be there'. If this word is broken apart, or is ...
... appear to show the spatiality of Heidegger's thought. Right from his earliest works, he uses the German word Dasein, which, as a noun, means 'existence', but that also, as a verb, means 'to be there'. If this word is broken apart, or is ...
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... appear to go out of their way to condemn such ideas. Understanding the Heideggerian attitude to space is a more difficult and delicate task. Early in Being and Time Heidegger makes it quite clear that a spatial reading of several of his ...
... appear to go out of their way to condemn such ideas. Understanding the Heideggerian attitude to space is a more difficult and delicate task. Early in Being and Time Heidegger makes it quite clear that a spatial reading of several of his ...
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... appears that to grasp place in itself is something great and very difficult.'36 The temptation of determining place in a Cartesian way – to take the extension of the material [die Ausdehnung des Stoffes] or the limit of the form as the ...
... appears that to grasp place in itself is something great and very difficult.'36 The temptation of determining place in a Cartesian way – to take the extension of the material [die Ausdehnung des Stoffes] or the limit of the form as the ...
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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