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Madness, language, literature
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- Book Synopsis
- Newly published lectures by Foucault on madness, literature, and structuralism. Perceiving an enigmatic relationship between madness, language, and literature, French philosopher Michel Foucault developed ideas during the 1960s that are less explicit in his later, more well-known writings. Collected here, these previously unpublished texts reveal a Foucault who undertakes an analysis of language and experience detached from their historical constraints. Three issues predominate: the experience of madness across societies; madness and language in Artaud, Roussel, and Baroque theater; and structuralist literary criticism. Not only do these texts pursue concepts unique to this period such as the "extra-linguistic," but they also reveal a far more complex relationship between structuralism and Foucault than has typically been acknowledged.
- About The Author
- Michel Foucault (1926-1984) was a French philosopher and historian who held the Chair of the History of Systems of Thought at the Collège de France. His many books in English include The Order of Things, Discipline and Punish, The History of Sexuality, and "Discourse and Truth" and "Parresia," the latter also published by the University of Chicago Press.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780226774831
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press, (18 April 2023)
- Number of Pages
- 240
- Weight
- 426 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 229 x 152 x 25 mm
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