Archaeology of Knowledge: And the Discourse on Language

Michel Foucault

ISBN 10: 0394711068 / ISBN 13: 9780394711065

Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group September 1982, 1982

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Archaeology of Knowledge: And the Discourse on Language
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group September 1982
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394711068
• ISBN 13: 9780394711065
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: First Thus.
• Printing: First Thus
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosphy Soft Cover

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Synopsis

Madness, sexuality, power, knowledge—are these facts of life or simply parts of speech? In a series of works of astonishing brilliance, historian Michel Foucault excavated the hidden assumptions that govern the way we live and the way we think.
 
The Archaeology of Knowledge begins at the level of "things aid" and moves quickly to illuminate the connections between knowledge, language, and action in a style at once profound and personal. A summing up of Foucault's own methodological assumptions, this book is also a first step toward a genealogy of the way we live now.
 
Challenging, at times infuriating, it is an absolutely indispensable guide to one of the most innovative thinkers of our time.

About the Author

Michel Foucault, one of the leading philosophical thinkers of the 20th century, was born in Poitiers, France, in 1926. He lectured in universities throughout the world; served as director at the Institut Français in Hamburg, Germany and at the Institut de Philosophie at the Faculté des Lettres in the University of Clermont-Ferrand, France; and wrote frequently for French newspapers and reviews. His influence on generations of thinkers in the areas of sociology, queer theory, cultural studies, and critical thinking are not to be underestimated. Among his many books were the Foucault Reader, Society Must Be Defended, and Great Ideas.

At the time of his death in June 1984, he held a chair at France's most prestigious institutions, the Collège de France. Foucault was the first public figure in France to die from HIV/AIDS.