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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... in writing from the publisher. Typeset by Centraserve, Saffron Walden Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin, Cornwall Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1 Chapter One: Space and History.
... in writing from the publisher. Typeset by Centraserve, Saffron Walden Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin, Cornwall Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1 Chapter One: Space and History.
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... Chapter One: Space and History in Being and Time 8 Ontology, History and Time 8 The Space of Dasein and Equipment Reading Kant Phenomenologically Towards Ho ̈lderlin and Nietzsche Chapter Two: In the Shadow of Nazism: Reading Ho ...
... Chapter One: Space and History in Being and Time 8 Ontology, History and Time 8 The Space of Dasein and Equipment Reading Kant Phenomenologically Towards Ho ̈lderlin and Nietzsche Chapter Two: In the Shadow of Nazism: Reading Ho ...
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... Chapter Four: Towards a Spatial History I: A History of Limits Archaeology Genealogy II: Mapping the Present Chapter Five: The Spaces of Power I: Re-placing Madness and Civilisation Leprosy, Water and Madness Confinement and Correction ...
... Chapter Four: Towards a Spatial History I: A History of Limits Archaeology Genealogy II: Mapping the Present Chapter Five: The Spaces of Power I: Re-placing Madness and Civilisation Leprosy, Water and Madness Confinement and Correction ...
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... chapters to focus on the work of Heidegger. The first chapter looks at the process that led to the publication of Being and Time and examines the working out in lecture courses of parts of unpublished divisions. This chapter ends at the ...
... chapters to focus on the work of Heidegger. The first chapter looks at the process that led to the publication of Being and Time and examines the working out in lecture courses of parts of unpublished divisions. This chapter ends at the ...
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... Chapter Three then looks at a number of issues in Heidegger's work – art, technology, poetic dwelling and the po ... chapters. Due emphasis is accorded to the political element in Heidegger's philosophy. Rather than separate the man from ...
... Chapter Three then looks at a number of issues in Heidegger's work – art, technology, poetic dwelling and the po ... chapters. Due emphasis is accorded to the political element in Heidegger's philosophy. Rather than separate the man from ...
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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