Michel Foucault: Maurice Blanchot: The Thought from Outside / Maurice Blanchot: Michel Foucault as I Imagine Him - Softcover

Foucault, Michel; Blanchot, Maurice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0942299035 ISBN 13: 9780942299038

Publisher: Zone Books, 1989

Synopsis

In these two essays, two of the most important French thinkers of our time reflect on each other's work. In so doing, novelist/essayist Maurice Blanchot and philosopher Michel Foucault develop a new perspective on the relationship between subjectivity, fiction, and the will to truth. The two texts present reflections on writing, language, and representation which question the status of the author/subject and explore the notion of a "neutral" voice that arises from the realm of the "outside." This book is crucial not only to an understanding of these two thinkers, but also to any overview of recent French thought.Michel Foucault (1927-1984) was the holder of a chair at the College de France. Among his works are Madness and Civilization, The Order of Things, Discipline and Punish, and The History of Sexuality Maurice Blanchot, born in 1907, is a novelist and critic. His works include Death Sentence, Thomas the Obscure, and The Space of Literature.

About this title

About the Author:

Michel Foucault (1926–84) is widely considered to be one of the most influential academic voices of the twentieth century and has proven influential across disciplines.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

About this edition

• Publisher: Zone Books
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0942299035
• ISBN 13: 9780942299038
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 109