Archaeology of Knowledge

And the Discourse on Language

Foucault, Michel

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1982

Madness, sexuality, power, knowledge--are these facts of life or simply parts of speech? In a series of works of astonishing brilliance, historian Michel Foucault excavated the hidden assumptions that govern the way we live and the way we think. The Archaeology of Knowledge begins at the level of "things aid" and moves quickly to illuminate the connections between knowledge, language, and action in a style at once profound and personal. A summing up of Foucault's own methodological assumptions, this book is also a first step toward a genealogy of the way we live now. Challenging, at times infuriating, it is an absolutely indispensable guide to one of the most innovative thinkers of our time.

ISBN-13

9780394711065

ISBN-10

0394711068

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Year

1982

Publication date

1982-09-12

Pages

256

Weight

270