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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... takes his departure. Heidegger's influence is apparent throughout Foucault's writing, but it is found in a more Nietzschean context.4 Heidegger's influence on Foucault is immense and crucial to an understanding of his work, but the ...
... takes his departure. Heidegger's influence is apparent throughout Foucault's writing, but it is found in a more Nietzschean context.4 Heidegger's influence on Foucault is immense and crucial to an understanding of his work, but the ...
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... take into account the spatial elements of the historical question he was addressing. Second, these historical works – spatial through and through – have been incompletely understood, at least in the English speaking world. This is at ...
... take into account the spatial elements of the historical question he was addressing. Second, these historical works – spatial through and through – have been incompletely understood, at least in the English speaking world. This is at ...
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... take three chapters to focus on the work of Heidegger. The first chapter looks at the process that led to the publication of Being and Time and examines the working out in lecture courses of parts of unpublished divisions. This chapter ...
... take three chapters to focus on the work of Heidegger. The first chapter looks at the process that led to the publication of Being and Time and examines the working out in lecture courses of parts of unpublished divisions. This chapter ...
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... takes the spirit from the past in order to elevate the future whereas the other praises heritage. To accompany these modes of history Nietzsche thinks that the human 'must have the strength, and use it from time to time, to shatter and ...
... takes the spirit from the past in order to elevate the future whereas the other praises heritage. To accompany these modes of history Nietzsche thinks that the human 'must have the strength, and use it from time to time, to shatter and ...
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... take the table as a thing in space, a material thing, with a particular weight, colour, shape, dimensions, and so forth, is to miss the way the table is encountered and used. When we sit at the table we do not worry about such things ...
... take the table as a thing in space, a material thing, with a particular weight, colour, shape, dimensions, and so forth, is to miss the way the table is encountered and used. When we sit at the table we do not worry about such things ...
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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