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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... Critique of Pure Reason, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997. Metaphysische Anfangsgru ̈nde der Logik im Ausgang von Leibniz, 1978. Translated by Michael Heim as The Metaphysical Foundations of Logic, Bloomington: Indiana ...
... Critique of Pure Reason, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997. Metaphysische Anfangsgru ̈nde der Logik im Ausgang von Leibniz, 1978. Translated by Michael Heim as The Metaphysical Foundations of Logic, Bloomington: Indiana ...
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... critique of humanism; and The Archaeology of Knowledge looks at the anonymous domain where 'one' – Heidegger's das Man – speaks.9 Similarly, Derrida notes the association between the analysis of death in The Birth of the Clinic and in ...
... critique of humanism; and The Archaeology of Knowledge looks at the anonymous domain where 'one' – Heidegger's das Man – speaks.9 Similarly, Derrida notes the association between the analysis of death in The Birth of the Clinic and in ...
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... critique of the present. In Foucault's work, this Heideggerian notion is described as a history of the present. Here, with the emphasis on the importance of space, it is re-described as a mapping of the present. Such a mapping of the ...
... critique of the present. In Foucault's work, this Heideggerian notion is described as a history of the present. Here, with the emphasis on the importance of space, it is re-described as a mapping of the present. Such a mapping of the ...
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... critique of history is always only the critique of the present [Kritik der Gegenwart]' (PIA 4). As Bambach notes, this may be due to Heidegger's reading Kierkegaard's Two Ages in the German translation Kritik der Gegenwart.15 We find ...
... critique of history is always only the critique of the present [Kritik der Gegenwart]' (PIA 4). As Bambach notes, this may be due to Heidegger's reading Kierkegaard's Two Ages in the German translation Kritik der Gegenwart.15 We find ...
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... critique of the 'present'. Authentic historicality is the foundation for the possibility of uniting these three ways of historiography. (GA2, 397)17 These three temporal dimensions come together, as will be examined later, in the ...
... critique of the 'present'. Authentic historicality is the foundation for the possibility of uniting these three ways of historiography. (GA2, 397)17 These three temporal dimensions come together, as will be examined later, in 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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Mapping the Present: Heidegger, Foucault and the Project of a Spatial History Stuart Elden No preview available - 2001 |
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