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The Archaeology of Knowledge

By Michel Foucault

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2002
ISBN
9780415287524, 0415287529, 0415287537
LCC
B2430.F723 A7313 2002
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
770 kB (788261 bytes)
Series
Routledge Classics
Edition
2nd
Pages
121\121
Topic
History
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

In France, a country that awards its intellectuals the status other countries give their rock stars, Michel Foucault was part of a glittering generation of thinkers, one which also included Sartre, de Beauvoir and Deleuze. One of the great intellectual heroes of the twentieth century, Foucault was a man whose passion and reason were at the service of nearly every progressive cause of his time. From law and order, to mental health, to power and knowledge, he spearheaded public awareness of the dynamics that hold us all in thrall to a few powerful ideologies and interests. Arguably his finest work, Archaeology of Knowledge is a challenging but fantastically rewarding introduction to his ideas.

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