Sartre, Foucault, and historical reason. Volume 2, A poststructuralist mapping of history / Thomas R. Flynn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flynn, Thomas R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History--Philosophy.

History.

Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980.

Sartre, Jean-Paul.

Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.

Foucault, Michel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (409 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sartre and Foucault were two of the most prominent and at times mutually antagonistic philosophical figures of the twentieth century. And nowhere are the antithetical natures of their existentialist and poststructuralist philosophies more apparent than in their disparate approaches to historical understanding. In Volume One of this authoritative two-volume study, Thomas R. Flynn conducted a pivotal and comprehensive reconstruction of Sartrean historical theory. This long-awaited second volume offers a comprehensive and critical reading of the Foucauldian counterpoint.A history, theorized Fouca

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Works Frequently Cited; Part One: Conceptual Coordinates; 1. Foucault and the Historians; 2. Foucault and Historical Nominalism; 3. The Career of the Historical Event; Part Two: Spatialized Reasoning; 4. The Eclipse of Vision?; 5. The Spaces of History; 6. The Philosopher-Historian as Cartographer; 7. Pyramids and Prisms: Reading Foucault in 3-D; Part Three : Diaries and Maps; 8. Mapping Existentialist History; 9. Experience and the Lived; 10. Sartre on Violence, Foucault on Power: A Diagnostic

11. Foucault as Parrhesiast: His Last Course at the Collège de France (An Object Lesson in Axial History)12. Ethics and History: Authentic vs. Effective History; Conclusion: The Map and the Diary; Glossary; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

OCLC:

609855193