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What does it mean to write "This is not a pipe" across a bluntly literal painting of a pipe? Ren� Magritte's famous canvas provides the starting point for a delightful homage by the French philosopher-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--"confronting them and within a common system, a figure at once opposed and complementary." Foucault's brief but extraordinarily rich essay offers a startling, highly provocative view of a painter whose influence and popularity continue to grow unchecked. This is Not a Pipe also throws a new, piquantly dancing light on Foucault himself.
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This is Not a Pipe. With illustrations and letters by Rene Magritte, Michel Foucault
- Taal
- Jaar van publicatie
- 1983
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- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Michel Foucault
- Uitgever
- University of California Press
- Jaar van publicatie
- 1983
- Formaat
- Paperback
- Aantal pagina's
- 66
- ISBN10
- 0520049160
- ISBN13
- 9780520049161
- Reeks
- Tags
- Fictie, Waargebeurde verhalen, Filosofisch thema, Klassiekers, Frankrijk, Opiniejournalistiek & Essays, Wetenschappelijke Theorien
- Eerste editie
- 1973
- Oorspronkelijke titel
- Ceci n'est pas une pipe
- Beoordeling
- 3,9 van 5
- Aantekening
- What does it mean to write "This is not a pipe" across a bluntly literal painting of a pipe? Ren� Magritte's famous canvas provides the starting point for a delightful homage by the French philosopher-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--"confronting them and within a common system, a figure at once opposed and complementary." Foucault's brief but extraordinarily rich essay offers a startling, highly provocative view of a painter whose influence and popularity continue to grow unchecked. This is Not a Pipe also throws a new, piquantly dancing light on Foucault himself.