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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Page 6
... shift the emphasis of spatial analysis away from the Panopticon, and to recognize the importance of space in a number of other areas. In re-reading these histories from the perspective of the spatial question, I am able to demonstrate ...
... shift the emphasis of spatial analysis away from the Panopticon, and to recognize the importance of space in a number of other areas. In re-reading these histories from the perspective of the spatial question, I am able to demonstrate ...
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... shift in the later Heidegger towards an understanding of historical nature of being, through a historical sense of Dasein, which would, following the quotation and explication here, lead to a historicizing of truth.7 The ontic ...
... shift in the later Heidegger towards an understanding of historical nature of being, through a historical sense of Dasein, which would, following the quotation and explication here, lead to a historicizing of truth.7 The ontic ...
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... shift is central to the influence he was to have on Foucault. The model of history that Heidegger uses is that of Nietzsche in the second Untimely Meditation, 'On the Uses and Disadvantages of Historiography for Life'. This is the only ...
... shift is central to the influence he was to have on Foucault. The model of history that Heidegger uses is that of Nietzsche in the second Untimely Meditation, 'On the Uses and Disadvantages of Historiography for Life'. This is the only ...
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... shift from the essence of truth to the truth of essence (GA9, 96–7), this move in the sense of the genitive is the true meaning of the Kehre, the hinge between the published Being and Time and the promised four divisions, from being and ...
... shift from the essence of truth to the truth of essence (GA9, 96–7), this move in the sense of the genitive is the true meaning of the Kehre, the hinge between the published Being and Time and the promised four divisions, from being and ...
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... shift in notions of spatial location and place. Heidegger begins by suggesting that the Greeks had no word for 'space'. This is no accident; for they experienced the spatial on the basis not of extension but of place [Ort] (to ́poQ);13 ...
... shift in notions of spatial location and place. Heidegger begins by suggesting that the Greeks had no word for 'space'. This is no accident; for they experienced the spatial on the basis not of extension but of place [Ort] (to ́poQ);13 ...
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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