This Is Not a Pipe: Volume 24 (Quantum Books) - Softcover

Foucault, Michel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520236947 ISBN 13: 9780520236943

Verlag: University of California Press, 2008

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"Magritte's respectful fan letters to Mr. Foucault, which are included in this volume, the useful introduction and splendid translation by James Harkness and the handy black-and-white reproductions of many of Magritte's works combine to make this a document of extraordinary interest." * The New York Times * "This essay not only proposes a new understanding of Magritte; it also constitutes a perfect illustration and introduction to the thought of the philosopher himself, France's great wizard of paradox." * New York Review of Books *

Reseña del editor:

What does it mean to write "This is not a pipe" across a bluntly literal painting of a pipe? Rene Magritte's famous canvas provides the starting point for a delightful homage by French philosopher and historian Michel Foucault. Much better known for his incisive and mordant explorations of power and social exclusion, Foucault here assumes a more playful stance. By exploring the nuances and ambiguities of Magritte's visual critique of language, he finds the painter less removed than previously thought from the pioneers of modern abstraction.

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• Verlag: University of California Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0520236947
• ISBN 13: 9780520236943
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 104
• Herausgeber: Harkness James
• Zeichner: Magritte René