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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... discuss the relation between them. However in an interview given just before his death Foucault made an important comment: Heidegger has always been for me the essential philosopher. I began by reading Hegel, then Marx, and I set out to ...
... discuss the relation between them. However in an interview given just before his death Foucault made an important comment: Heidegger has always been for me the essential philosopher. I began by reading Hegel, then Marx, and I set out to ...
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... discuss and analyse many spaces of our modern world. It is important to note that this piece is the exception rather than the rule. The norm for Foucault is to use space not merely as another area to be analysed, but as a central part ...
... discuss and analyse many spaces of our modern world. It is important to note that this piece is the exception rather than the rule. The norm for Foucault is to use space not merely as another area to be analysed, but as a central part ...
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... discussion of Heidegger's rethinking of the po ́liQ. Such a reading allows us new perspective on Heidegger's retreat ... discussion of Heidegger, I am able to discuss Foucault's work on history and space from a much stronger perspective ...
... discussion of Heidegger's rethinking of the po ́liQ. Such a reading allows us new perspective on Heidegger's retreat ... discussion of Heidegger, I am able to discuss Foucault's work on history and space from a much stronger perspective ...
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... discussion of Newton: To say that before Newton his laws were neither true nor false, cannot signify that before him there were no such beings as have been uncovered and pointed out by those laws. Through Newton the laws became true ...
... discussion of Newton: To say that before Newton his laws were neither true nor false, cannot signify that before him there were no such beings as have been uncovered and pointed out by those laws. Through Newton the laws became true ...
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... discussion of the moment, nor makes the linkage clearer. The notion here is not developed in great detail, and, at least on the surface, seems to owe more to Kierkegaard.19 The moment is linked to the existential situation [Situation] ...
... discussion of the moment, nor makes the linkage clearer. The notion here is not developed in great detail, and, at least on the surface, seems to owe more to Kierkegaard.19 The moment is linked to the existential situation [Situation] ...
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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