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Mapping the Present : Heidegger, Foucault and the Project of a Spatial History

By Stuart Elden

Book information

Publisher
Continuum International Pub. Group
Year
2002
ISBN
9781847143136, 184714313X
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1427042 bytes)
Pages
232\232
Time added
2013-05-13 19:55:00

Description

In 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 r.  Read more... Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One: Space and History in Being and Time; Chapter Two: In the Shadow of Nazism: Reading Hölderlin and Nietzsche; Chapter Three: Art, Technology, Place and the Political; Chapter Four: Towards a Spatial History; Chapter Five: The Spaces of Power; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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