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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... essential – crucial texts of both Heidegger and Foucault are unavailable in English. Where translations do exist, they have generally been used, although they have often been modified, to ensure readability, consistency, and ...
... essential – crucial texts of both Heidegger and Foucault are unavailable in English. Where translations do exist, they have generally been used, although they have often been modified, to ensure readability, consistency, and ...
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... essential philosopher. I began by reading Hegel, then Marx, and I set out to read Heidegger in 1951 or 1952; then in 1952 or 1953 . . . I read Nietzsche . . . My entire philosophical development was determined by my reading of Heidegger ...
... essential philosopher. I began by reading Hegel, then Marx, and I set out to read Heidegger in 1951 or 1952; then in 1952 or 1953 . . . I read Nietzsche . . . My entire philosophical development was determined by my reading of Heidegger ...
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... essential counterweight to phenomenology': whereas Husserl had once remarked that he had 'forgotten about history', Heidegger never did.4 In Being and Time Heidegger makes some comments indicating the importance of the historical ...
... essential counterweight to phenomenology': whereas Husserl had once remarked that he had 'forgotten about history', Heidegger never did.4 In Being and Time Heidegger makes some comments indicating the importance of the historical ...
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... essential to truth is of the character of Dasein, all truth is relative to Dasein's being (GA2, 227).6 From this, it is clear that Dasein and truth are fundamentally linked, that truth is context dependent. This does not mean that truth ...
... essential to truth is of the character of Dasein, all truth is relative to Dasein's being (GA2, 227).6 From this, it is clear that Dasein and truth are fundamentally linked, that truth is context dependent. This does not mean that truth ...
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... essential state' (GA2, 54; see GA20, 211–13). Heidegger goes on to suggest that this does not deny every kind of spatiality to Dasein, but that an understanding of being-in-space is only possible after an understanding of being-in-the ...
... essential state' (GA2, 54; see GA20, 211–13). Heidegger goes on to suggest that this does not deny every kind of spatiality to Dasein, but that an understanding of being-in-space is only possible after an understanding of being-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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