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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... existence of Dasein (GA3, 281–2). Any eternal truths must rest on an eternal immutability to Dasein. It clearly follows from this that if being changes, or is historicized, so too is truth. It has been remarked by some critics that ...
... existence of Dasein (GA3, 281–2). Any eternal truths must rest on an eternal immutability to Dasein. It clearly follows from this that if being changes, or is historicized, so too is truth. It has been remarked by some critics that ...
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... existence. Lest there be confusion between what Heidegger does in Being and Time, and what I will argue he does later, the following point should be considered. In Being and Time, Heidegger attempts to understand the structures of ...
... existence. Lest there be confusion between what Heidegger does in Being and Time, and what I will argue he does later, the following point should be considered. In Being and Time, Heidegger attempts to understand the structures of ...
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... existence by acknowledging their debt to the past. However, like monumental history, antiquarian history has its problems. It has a tendency to inflate the past, runs the risk of nostalgia and is possibly not entirely critical. Without ...
... existence by acknowledging their debt to the past. However, like monumental history, antiquarian history has its problems. It has a tendency to inflate the past, runs the risk of nostalgia and is possibly not entirely critical. Without ...
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... existence is open for it fatefully, in a moment, in resolute repetition. (GA2, 391–2) Understanding Heidegger's use of the three types of historiography helps to explain his comments earlier in Being and Time. At one point he writes ...
... existence is open for it fatefully, in a moment, in resolute repetition. (GA2, 391–2) Understanding Heidegger's use of the three types of historiography helps to explain his comments earlier in Being and Time. At one point he writes ...
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... existence', but that also, as a verb, means 'to be there'. If this word is broken apart, or is, as Heidegger often does, hyphenated to Da-sein, it literally means 'there-being', 'being-there'. It has regularly been translated as the ...
... existence', but that also, as a verb, means 'to be there'. If this word is broken apart, or is, as Heidegger often does, hyphenated to Da-sein, it literally means 'there-being', 'being-there'. It has regularly been translated as 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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