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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... clear from Being and Time that Heidegger wants to rethink it as the resolutely non-Cartesian place. The use of Platz and Ort – both words translated here as 'place' – is important in understanding this Mapping the Present 4.
... clear from Being and Time that Heidegger wants to rethink it as the resolutely non-Cartesian place. The use of Platz and Ort – both words translated here as 'place' – is important in understanding this Mapping the Present 4.
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... clear that Dasein and truth are fundamentally linked, that truth is context dependent. This does not mean that truth ... clearly follows from this that if being changes, or is historicized, so too is truth. It has been remarked by some ...
... clear that Dasein and truth are fundamentally linked, that truth is context dependent. This does not mean that truth ... clearly follows from this that if being changes, or is historicized, so too is truth. It has been remarked by some ...
Page 10
... clear from his The Birth of Tragedy, written immediately before this work. Nietzsche sees that there is something fundamentally wrong with the present, that there may be things in the past that may be of interest and illumination, and ...
... clear from his The Birth of Tragedy, written immediately before this work. Nietzsche sees that there is something fundamentally wrong with the present, that there may be things in the past that may be of interest and illumination, and ...
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... clear from this early essay that Nietzsche sees each of the three modes of history as having its particular context. He suggests that much harm is caused by thoughtless transplanting of the modes. Out of their native soil they will grow ...
... clear from this early essay that Nietzsche sees each of the three modes of history as having its particular context. He suggests that much harm is caused by thoughtless transplanting of the modes. Out of their native soil they will grow ...
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... clear that the past is 'present' in the present, a claim Foucault would make many times in his writings. For our current purpose it is worth bearing in mind that Heidegger tends to assimilate the meanings of two German words for ...
... clear that the past is 'present' in the present, a claim Foucault would make many times in his writings. For our current purpose it is worth bearing in mind that Heidegger tends to assimilate the meanings of two German words for ...
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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