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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... begins by examining Foucault's historical approach, which falls, on his own designation, into archaeological and genealogical phases. Explicitly in the second, but implicitly in the first, his work was framed by a reading of Nietzsche ...
... begins by examining Foucault's historical approach, which falls, on his own designation, into archaeological and genealogical phases. Explicitly in the second, but implicitly in the first, his work was framed by a reading of Nietzsche ...
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... begins much earlier. Heidegger explains that equipment 'always is in terms of [aus] its belonging to other equipment: writing equipment, pen, ink, paper, blotting pad, table, lamp, furniture, windows, door, room' (GA2, 68). He continues ...
... begins much earlier. Heidegger explains that equipment 'always is in terms of [aus] its belonging to other equipment: writing equipment, pen, ink, paper, blotting pad, table, lamp, furniture, windows, door, room' (GA2, 68). He continues ...
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... begin at the level of abstraction, rather than at the level of everyday action. Just as he believes that we encounter a hammer only as a hammer if there is a problem with it, we encounter the room or space geometrically only when ...
... begin at the level of abstraction, rather than at the level of everyday action. Just as he believes that we encounter a hammer only as a hammer if there is a problem with it, we encounter the room or space geometrically only when ...
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... begin is the 1935 lecture course An Introduction to Metaphysics, published in 1953. Not only was this the first lecture course from this time to appear, but Heidegger also stresses its importance in the preface to the seventh edition of ...
... begin is the 1935 lecture course An Introduction to Metaphysics, published in 1953. Not only was this the first lecture course from this time to appear, but Heidegger also stresses its importance in the preface to the seventh edition of ...
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... begins by suggesting that the Greeks had no word for 'space'. This is no accident; for they experienced the spatial on the basis not of extension but of place [Ort] (to ́poQ);13 they experienced it as xv ́ra, which signifies neither ...
... begins by suggesting that the Greeks had no word for 'space'. This is no accident; for they experienced the spatial on the basis not of extension but of place [Ort] (to ́poQ);13 they experienced it as xv ́ra, which signifies neither ...
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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