The order of things : an archaeology of the human sciences /
Language: English Original language: French Series: Routledge classicsPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.Description: xxvi, 422 pages ; 20 cmISBN:- 0415267374
- 9780415267373
- Mots et les choses. English
Contents:
Summary: 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.
1. Las Meninas -- 2. The prose of the world -- 3. Representing -- 4. Speaking -- 5. Classifying -- 6. Exchanging -- 7. The limits of representation -- 8. Labour, life, language -- 9. Man and his doubles -- 10. The human species.
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Whitecliffe Library General Shelves | General | B 2430 FOU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0010217 |
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Las Meninas -- 2. The prose of the world -- 3. Representing -- 4. Speaking -- 5. Classifying -- 6. Exchanging -- 7. The limits of representation -- 8. Labour, life, language -- 9. Man and his doubles -- 10. The human species.
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.
Translated from the French.