This is not a pipe - Hardcover

Foucault, Michel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520042328 ISBN 13: 9780520042322

Publisher: University of California Press, 1983

Synopsis

What does it mean to write "This is not a pipe" across a bluntly literal painting of a pipe? René Magritte's famous canvas provides the starting point for a delightful homage by the French philosopher-historian Michel Foucault. Much better known for his incisive and mordant explorations of power and social exclusion, Foucault here assumes a more playful stance. By exploring the nuances and ambiguities of Magritte's visual critique of language, he finds the painter less removed than previously thought from the pioneers of modern abstraction--"confronting them and within a common system, a figure at once opposed and complementary."
Foucault's brief but extraordinarily rich essay offers a startling, highly provocative view of a painter whose influence and popularity continue to grow unchecked. This is Not a Pipe also throws a new, piquantly dancing light on Foucault himself.

About this title

About the Author:

One of the most important theorists of the twentieth century, Michel Foucault's (1926-1984) many influential books include Discipline and Punish, The Archeology of Knowledge, The History of Sexuality, and The Discourse on Language.

Language Notes:

Text: English, French (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0520042328
• ISBN 13: 9780520042322
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 66