Title:
The order of things : an archaeology of the human sciences
Author:
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.
ISBN:
9780415267366
9780415267373
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Mots et les choses. English
Publication Information:
London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
Physical Description:
xxvi, 422 pages ; 20 cm.
Series:
Routledge classics
Routledge classics.
General Note:
Princeton copy is 2007 printing.
Contents:
Pt. I. 1. Las Meninas. 2. The prose of the world. 3. Representing. 4. Speaking. 5. Classifying. 6. Exchanging. -- pt. II. 7. The limits of representation. 8. Labour, life, language. 9. Man and his doubles. 10. The human species.
Abstract:
When one defines 'order' as a sorting of priorities, it becomes beautifully clear what Foucault is doing here. He weaves an intensely complex history of thought. He dips into literature, art, economics and even biology.
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