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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... practical setting. Equally re-reading these two major projects as spatial histories allows their standard interpretations to be re-placed, in the light of the argument developed in the previous chapters. In both histories we see the ...
... practical setting. Equally re-reading these two major projects as spatial histories allows their standard interpretations to be re-placed, in the light of the argument developed in the previous chapters. In both histories we see the ...
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Heidegger, Foucault and the Project of a Spatial History Stuart Elden. through this practical demonstration, the final chapter provides a reinterpretation of two justly famous and much-referenced texts. The assertion of space within ...
Heidegger, Foucault and the Project of a Spatial History Stuart Elden. through this practical demonstration, the final chapter provides a reinterpretation of two justly famous and much-referenced texts. The assertion of space within ...
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... practical and better reflect life.56 However, Heidegger's neglect of the important question of the body is well known: another point he aims to address later in his work.57 TOWARDS HO ̈LDERLIN AND NIETZSCHE Being and Time is still the ...
... practical and better reflect life.56 However, Heidegger's neglect of the important question of the body is well known: another point he aims to address later in his work.57 TOWARDS HO ̈LDERLIN AND NIETZSCHE Being and Time is still the ...
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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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