Michel foucault is the nosferatu of american academia. The books genesis, miller explains in a postscript, was a rumor. The bunnicorn oversized book target exclusive edition by rosie. Each of his major books is a critique of historical reason. Click to read more about the passion of michel foucault by jim miller. The passion of michel foucault by james miller, jim miller. The passion of michel foucault james miller worth avenue. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors picks, and more. Paul michel foucault 15 october 1926 25 june 1984, generally known as michel foucault, was a french philosopher, historian of ideas, social theorist and literary critic. Jan 01, 1993 james millers passion of michel foucault explores both his prodigious thought as well as his tempestuous life and how he also appears as an important character in my forthcoming novel searching for gilead available in the fall 2011.
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It chronicles every stage of foucault s personal and professional odyssey, from his early interest in dreams to his final preoccupation with sexuality and. Mar 29, 2021 the most prominent biography of the philosopher, the passion of michel foucault by james miller, noted that foucault expressed interest in the sadomasochism displayed in american homosexual bathhouses, however the book made no mention of alleged paedophilia in tunisia. David macey is unfortunate to have had his life come out simultaneously with millers. Millers controversial book is the product of prodigious research he discusses madness, death, and homosexuality, and particularly sadomasochism in great, graphic, almost sensational detail. The passion of michel foucault 1993 edition open library. This brilliant study assiduously exposes the life and thought of the french historianphilosophersocial activist michel foucault 19261984, whose work continues to exert a tremendous influence, par.
The fourth and final volume in michel foucault s acclaimed history of sexuality, completed just before his death in 1984 and finally available to the public one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century, michel foucault made. Gale academic onefile document the passion of michel foucault. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. A startling look at one of this centurys most influential philosophers, the book chronicles every stage of foucaults personal and professional odyssey, from his. In that book, miller was already memorializing crucial breakaway experiencesduring sitins, in marches, at violent confrontationsand the sixties spirit of ecstatic freedom. The passion of michel foucault project gutenberg self. The passion of michel foucault by james miller paperback. The passion of michel foucault boston university libraries. Aslanian and benjamin, debate on the passion of michel.
However much of foucault we may have read over the years, one does not really know michel foucault unless one has read this critical, lengthy, biographical and exegetical analysis of foucault or his everchanging thought, much less his strange passion, quest, the only constant that motivated everything he wrote or said from first to last. Based on extensive new research and a bold interpretation of the man and his texts, this book provides a startling look at one of this centurys most influential. Gary kamiya on james millers passion of michel foucault. Mar 01, 1993 after reading the passion of michel foucault, no one will he able to read foucault in the same way again. Based on extensive new research and a bold interpretation of the man and his texts, the passion of michel foucault is a startling look at one of this centurys most influential philosophers.
The passion of michel foucault by miller, jim, 1994, anchor books edition, in english 1st anchor books ed. The passion of michel foucault is at once a humane and an essential book. The bestknown biography of him, the passion of michel foucault 1993 by james miller, describes his interest in the gay, sadomasochistic bath houses of america he was one of the first openly gay figures in public life and died of aids but makes no mention of his sexual antics in tunisia. He was a decadent figure, deliberately perverse of thought and freaky. But his great innovation in this book is to seize what was most vicious and perverted about foucaulthis. Blackwell north amershortly before his death in 1984, michel. The book focuses on foucaults obsession with death, expressed via sadomasochism, drug use and, finally, his disregard of safe sex practices even as he was dying from aids. Foucault s theories primarily address the relationship between power and knowledge, and how they are used as a form of social control through societal institutions. The passion of michel foucault book by james miller. Passion of michel foucault by james miller goodreads.
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Michel foucault darkened the once radiant intellectual sky of paris. It is precisely foucaults elusiveness that makes a book like this necessary. James miller, the passion of michel foucault john pistelli. The theme of james millers intensely interesting new book is that foucault s life and work were a great nietzschean quest that is, an effort to think through and live out the consequences of nietzsches profound, still imperfectly understood critique of modernity. James miller, jim miller, professor of linguistics jim miller. Based on extensive new research and a bold interpretatio. Curiously for a book that shuns the title of biography, millers passion proceeds chronologically through the stages of foucault s life as they pertain to the writing of his principal books. Even today, nearly a decade after his death in paris, foucaults star continues to rise in the united states. Cart hello select your address best sellers todays. Woke philosopher michel foucault raped children as young as 8. This brilliant study assiduously exposes the life and thought of the french historianphilosophersocial activist michel foucault 19261984, whose work. French philosopher michel foucault sexually abused boys.
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The passion of michel foucault 1994 edition open library. Jim miller, the passion of michel foucault philpapers. Miller suggests that foucault led his life as a philosophical quest, that, throughout foucault s life, he pursued a strategy of. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. May 23, 20 buy the passion of michel foucault by miller, james isbn. The passion of michel foucault is a biography of the french philosopher michel foucault authored by the american philosopher james miller. In some ways, the passion of michel foucault is a revival of that earlier book, done over with a french theme and plenty of black leather. The passion of michel foucault by james miller 1994. A startling look at one of this centurys most influential philosophers, the book chronicles every stage of. The passion of michel foucault james miller harvard. Though miller amusingly reports that the philosopher was baffled by.
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