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Language, Madness, and Desire

Hardcover • 2015 • English

Language, Madness, and Desire

By Michel Foucault

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About the book

As a transformative thinker of the twentieth century, whose work spanned all branches of the humanities, Michel Foucault had a complex and profound relationship with literature. And yet this critical aspect of his thought, because it was largely expressed in speeches and interviews, remains virtually unknown to even his most loyal readers. This book brings together previously unpublished transcripts of oral presentations in which Foucault speaks at length about literature and its links to some o...Show more

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9780816693238

Publisher

University of Minnesota Press

Published year

2015

Language

English

Original title

Language, Madness, and Desire

Format

Hardcover

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