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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... Essays, translated by William Lovitt, New York: Harper & Row, 1977. The majority of texts translated from the Gesamtausgabe have the pagination of the German version at the top of the page, allowing a single page reference. Exceptions ...
... Essays, translated by William Lovitt, New York: Harper & Row, 1977. The majority of texts translated from the Gesamtausgabe have the pagination of the German version at the top of the page, allowing a single page reference. Exceptions ...
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... essays that anticipated their contents were found in earlier collections.8 A number of parallels between Heidegger and Foucault immediately present themselves – most of which will not be treated in detail here. As Miller has noted ...
... essays that anticipated their contents were found in earlier collections.8 A number of parallels between Heidegger and Foucault immediately present themselves – most of which will not be treated in detail here. As Miller has noted ...
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... 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 as weeds (UB II, 2) ...
... 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 as weeds (UB II, 2) ...
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... essay 'Art and Space': 'It appears that to grasp place in itself is something great and very difficult.'36 The temptation of determining place in a Cartesian way – to take the extension of the material [die Ausdehnung des Stoffes] or ...
... essay 'Art and Space': 'It appears that to grasp place in itself is something great and very difficult.'36 The temptation of determining place in a Cartesian way – to take the extension of the material [die Ausdehnung des Stoffes] or ...
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... essays. READING KANT PHENOMENOLOGICALLY In his genealogy of Being and Time, Kisiel suggests that the 1924 lecture and manuscript The Concept of Time was directed to the question 'what is history?' and was indebted to Dilthey; the summer ...
... essays. READING KANT PHENOMENOLOGICALLY In his genealogy of Being and Time, Kisiel suggests that the 1924 lecture and manuscript The Concept of Time was directed to the question 'what is history?' and was indebted to Dilthey; the summer ...
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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