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An International Statistical Survey of Government Employment and Wages

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Order of things : an archaeology of the human sciences

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: 2002 London New YorkDescription: 20 cm; Pbk xxvi, 422 pISBN:

978-0415267374

Subject(s):

Learning and scholarship Civilization

Contents:

1. Las Meninas -- 2. The prose of the world -- 3. Representing -- 4. Speaking -- 5. Classifying -- 6. Exchanging -- 7. The limits of representation -- 8. Labour, life, language -- 9. Man and his doubles -- 10. The human sciences.

Summary: When one defines "order" as a sorting of priorities, it becomes beautifully clear as to what Foucault is doing here. With virtuoso showmanship, he weaves an intensely complex history of thought. He dips into literature, art, economics and even biology in The Order of Things, possibly one of the most significant, yet most overlooked, works of the twentieth century. Eclipsed by his later work on power and discourse, nonetheless it was The Order of Things that established Foucault's reputation as an intellectual giant. Pirouetting around the outer edge of language, Foucault unsettles the surface of literary writing. In describing the limitations of our usual taxonomies, he opens the door onto a whole new system of thought, one ripe with what he calls "exotic charm". Intellectual pyrotechnics from the master of critical thinking, this book is crucial reading for those who wish to gain insight into that odd beast called Postmodernism

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	H.T. Parekh Library	GSB Collection	901.9 FOU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		19721

1. Las Meninas --
2. The prose of the world --
3. Representing --
4. Speaking --
5. Classifying --
6. Exchanging --
7. The limits of representation --
8. Labour, life, language --
9. Man and his doubles --
10. The human sciences.

When one defines "order" as a sorting of priorities, it becomes beautifully clear as to what Foucault is doing here. With virtuoso showmanship, he weaves an intensely complex history of thought. He dips into literature, art, economics and even biology in The Order of Things, possibly one of the most significant, yet most overlooked, works of the twentieth century. Eclipsed by his later work on power and discourse, nonetheless it was The Order of Things that established Foucault's reputation as an intellectual giant. Pirouetting around the outer edge of language, Foucault unsettles the surface of literary writing. In describing the limitations of our usual taxonomies, he opens the door onto a whole new system of thought, one ripe with what he calls "exotic charm". Intellectual pyrotechnics from the master of critical thinking, this book is crucial reading for those who wish to gain insight into that odd beast called Postmodernism

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