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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... mean that truth is only what an individual thinks, but that truth only has a context dependent on the existence of Dasein (GA3, 281–2). Any eternal truths must rest on an eternal immutability to Dasein. It clearly follows from this that ...
... mean that truth is only what an individual thinks, but that truth only has a context dependent on the existence of Dasein (GA3, 281–2). Any eternal truths must rest on an eternal immutability to Dasein. It clearly follows from this that ...
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... mean that life is no longer preserved but is mummified (UB II, 3). The antiquarian and the monumental thus both complement and contradict each other: one takes the spirit from the past in order to elevate the future whereas the other ...
... mean that life is no longer preserved but is mummified (UB II, 3). The antiquarian and the monumental thus both complement and contradict each other: one takes the spirit from the past in order to elevate the future whereas the other ...
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... mean a temporal/spatial 'there', and opposes it to the solely spatial Lage [position] (see PIA 10). Each situation is a place in time and space, where existentially Dasein has acted authentically: When resolute, Dasein has brought ...
... mean a temporal/spatial 'there', and opposes it to the solely spatial Lage [position] (see PIA 10). Each situation is a place in time and space, where existentially Dasein has acted authentically: When resolute, Dasein has brought ...
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... mean the presence of someone in a place or at an occasion [Anwesenheit], and presence in the temporal sense [Gegenwart]. 'For what the Greeks mean by being is being as presence, being in the present [Anwesendsein, Gegenwa ̈rtigsein] ...
... mean the presence of someone in a place or at an occasion [Anwesenheit], and presence in the temporal sense [Gegenwart]. 'For what the Greeks mean by being is being as presence, being in the present [Anwesendsein, Gegenwa ̈rtigsein] ...
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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