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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... particular places where large portions of this work were written: ChamonixMt Blanc in the French Alps, and the Swainswick valley outside Bath. I thank Pierre, Genevie`ve, and Isabelle Pre ́poignot for their hospitality in the first and ...
... particular places where large portions of this work were written: ChamonixMt Blanc in the French Alps, and the Swainswick valley outside Bath. I thank Pierre, Genevie`ve, and Isabelle Pre ́poignot for their hospitality in the first and ...
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... particular light on Heidegger's readings of Kant, Aristotle and Ho ̈lderlin. The first three chapters of this book therefore treat Heidegger in detail, from Being and Time, through the crucially important reading of Nietzsche and Ho ...
... particular light on Heidegger's readings of Kant, Aristotle and Ho ̈lderlin. The first three chapters of this book therefore treat Heidegger in detail, from Being and Time, through the crucially important reading of Nietzsche and Ho ...
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... cured by seeing how Greece dealt with a parallel problem. Wagner's music dramas can, once reinterpreted in a particular way, provide future benefit. The Untimely Meditation suggests that history is a necessary part Mapping the Present 10.
... cured by seeing how Greece dealt with a parallel problem. Wagner's music dramas can, once reinterpreted in a particular way, provide future benefit. The Untimely Meditation suggests that history is a necessary part Mapping the Present 10.
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... 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). At the start of the essay Nietzsche had quoted from Goethe: 'Moreover I ...
... 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). At the start of the essay Nietzsche had quoted from Goethe: 'Moreover I ...
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... particular one, which serves particular purposes. It is one 'at which one sits in order to write, have a meal, sew, play'. To see it as a writing table or as a dining table is the primary way in which the table is encountered. The table ...
... particular one, which serves particular purposes. It is one 'at which one sits in order to write, have a meal, sew, play'. To see it as a writing table or as a dining table is the primary way in which the table is encountered. The table ...
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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