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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... sense of Dasein, which would, following the quotation and explication here, lead to a historicizing of truth.7 The ontic/ontological difference – especially when historicized – is one that Foucault would go on to elaborate and use in ...
... sense of Dasein, which would, following the quotation and explication here, lead to a historicizing of truth.7 The ontic/ontological difference – especially when historicized – is one that Foucault would go on to elaborate and use in ...
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... sense of history. In his later works, Heidegger historicizes these very structures; in the specific case effectively historicizing the sense of history. If in Being and Time Heidegger attempts an ontology of history (for which the ...
... sense of history. In his later works, Heidegger historicizes these very structures; in the specific case effectively historicizing the sense of history. If in Being and Time Heidegger attempts an ontology of history (for which the ...
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... sense of time, they remain attached to the past as if chained. The fleeting moment, although it flashes by, can return as a 'spectre' to haunt a later moment. The human therefore has a need of history, but we need to be careful to ...
... sense of time, they remain attached to the past as if chained. The fleeting moment, although it flashes by, can return as a 'spectre' to haunt a later moment. The human therefore has a need of history, but we need to be careful to ...
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... sense, must dovetail with philosophy's research into the matters themselves. (GA19, 414) In other words, the 'tradition' as received in the present covers over the past. This notion of de-struction is therefore far from negative: it is ...
... sense, must dovetail with philosophy's research into the matters themselves. (GA19, 414) In other words, the 'tradition' as received in the present covers over the past. This notion of de-struction is therefore far from negative: it is ...
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... sense (GA2, 338niii; GA24, 408).23 Heidegger's development of this idea is far too inchoate in what was published of Being and Time, and even in the later The Basic Problems of Phenomenology and The Basic Concepts of Metaphysics, but ...
... sense (GA2, 338niii; GA24, 408).23 Heidegger's development of this idea is far too inchoate in what was published of Being and Time, and even in the later The Basic Problems of Phenomenology and The Basic Concepts of Metaphysics, but ...
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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