Aesthetics, Method, and Epistemology
The Essential Works of Foucault, 1954-1984 · Book 2Description
This collection delves into Michel Foucault's profound engagement with aesthetics, exploring how his philosophical inquiries into ethics and power were shaped by his deep understanding of literature, art, and philosophy. Through brilliant commentaries on influential thinkers and artists such as de Sade, Rousseau, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, and Wagner, the book illuminates the intricate connections between aesthetic experience and Foucault's groundbreaking theories. Readers will discover how Foucault's unique methodological approach, which emphasizes historical analysis and the critique of knowledge systems, is applied to understand the very foundations of beauty, truth, and subjective experience. This work offers a vital perspective on Foucault's intellectual development, revealing the aesthetic underpinnings of his critical thought and its enduring relevance to contemporary debates in epistemology and the study of power.
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Penguin Classics
Published Aug 6, 2020
ISBN: 9780241435113
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First Published
1999
Language
fre
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From: fre
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