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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... central to his understanding of Nietzsche. The reason why Foucault hardly ever mentions Heidegger is, he suggests, that one 'should have a small number of authors with whom one thinks, with whom one works, but about whom one does not ...
... central to his understanding of Nietzsche. The reason why Foucault hardly ever mentions Heidegger is, he suggests, that one 'should have a small number of authors with whom one thinks, with whom one works, but about whom one does not ...
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... central part of the approach itself. From the madhouses of Histoire de la folie, the hospitals of The Birth of the Clinic and the Rio lectures on the history of medicine, to the plague town, army camp and prisons of Discipline and ...
... central part of the approach itself. From the madhouses of Histoire de la folie, the hospitals of The Birth of the Clinic and the Rio lectures on the history of medicine, to the plague town, army camp and prisons of Discipline and ...
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... central issues in Foucault's work that cannot be explained solely with reference to Nietzsche and Foucault's appropriation of his ideas. Here I argue that several key points – the orientation of history toward the present, the relation ...
... central issues in Foucault's work that cannot be explained solely with reference to Nietzsche and Foucault's appropriation of his ideas. Here I argue that several key points – the orientation of history toward the present, the relation ...
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... central text in a much wider project that encompasses The Birth of the Clinic and a number of shorter pieces, lectures and courses at the Colle`ge de France. Re-reading Discipline and Punish within this wider project allows us to see ...
... central text in a much wider project that encompasses The Birth of the Clinic and a number of shorter pieces, lectures and courses at the Colle`ge de France. Re-reading Discipline and Punish within this wider project allows us to see ...
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... central to the influence he was to have on Foucault. The model of history that Heidegger uses is that of Nietzsche in the second Untimely Meditation, 'On the Uses and Disadvantages of Historiography for Life'. This is the only passage ...
... central to the influence he was to have on Foucault. The model of history that Heidegger uses is that of Nietzsche in the second Untimely Meditation, 'On the Uses and Disadvantages of Historiography for Life'. This is the only passage ...
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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