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"In these two essays, two of the most important French thinkers of our time reflect on each other's work. In so doing, novelist/essayist Maurice Blanchot and philosopher Michel Foucault develop a new perspective on the relationship between subjectivity, fiction, and the will to truth. The two texts present reflections on writing, language, and representation which question the status of the author/subject and explore the notion of a ""neutral"" voice that arises from the realm of the ""outside."" This book is crucial not only to an understanding of these two thinkers, but also to any overview of recent French thought.Michel Foucault (1927-1984) was the holder of a chair at the College de France. Among his works are Madness and Civilization, The Order of Things, Discipline and Punish, and The History of Sexuality Maurice Blanchot, born in 1907, is a novelist and critic. His works include Death Sentence, Thomas the Obscure, and The Space of Literature."

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Author:   Michel Foucault ,  Maurice Blanchot ,  Jeffrey Mehlman ,  Brian Massumi
Publisher:   Zone Books
Imprint:   Zone Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.40cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9780942299038

ISBN 10:   0942299035
Pages:   112
Publication Date:   01 October 1990
Recommended Age:   From 18
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Language:   English

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In the first of this book's two dense essays, Foucault links the neutral space of Blanchot's fiction to a line of thought extending from Sade to Artaud, Nietzsche, and Bataille.... In the second essay, Blanchot mines Foucault's excavation of the social practices underpinning prisons, the courts, and the medical establishment. * Publishers Weekly *

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Michel Foucault (1926– 84) is widely considered to be one of the most influential academic voices of the twentieth century and has proven influential across disciplines. Brian Massumi is Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences at the University of Montréal. He is the author of Parables for the Virtual: Movement, Affect, Sensation and A User's Guide to Capitalism and Schizophrenia: Deviations from Deleuze and Guattari (MIT Press).

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