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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... structures as if they were true eternally. Such critics sometimes point to a shift in the later Heidegger towards an understanding of historical nature of being, through a historical sense of Dasein, which would, following the quotation ...
... structures as if they were true eternally. Such critics sometimes point to a shift in the later Heidegger towards an understanding of historical nature of being, through a historical sense of Dasein, which would, following the quotation ...
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... structures of Dasein, among which is 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 ...
... structures of Dasein, among which is 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 ...
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... structure of Dasein, it is therefore clear that the past is 'present' in the present, a claim Foucault would make many times in his writings. For our current purpose it is worth bearing in mind that Heidegger tends to assimilate the ...
... structure of Dasein, it is therefore clear that the past is 'present' in the present, a claim Foucault would make many times in his writings. For our current purpose it is worth bearing in mind that Heidegger tends to assimilate the ...
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... structure of Dasein (GA2, 56). A similar distinction is made some pages later, around the concept of environment [Umwelt]: 'The spatial character which incontestably belongs to any environment can be clarified only in terms of the structure ...
... structure of Dasein (GA2, 56). A similar distinction is made some pages later, around the concept of environment [Umwelt]: 'The spatial character which incontestably belongs to any environment can be clarified only in terms of the structure ...
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... structure of our being-in-the-world. As with Heidegger's thoughts on using equipment and coping with life, he believes that standard investigations begin at the level of abstraction, rather than at the level of everyday action. Just as ...
... structure of our being-in-the-world. As with Heidegger's thoughts on using equipment and coping with life, he believes that standard investigations begin at the level of abstraction, rather than at the level of everyday action. Just as ...
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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