E-Book, Englisch, Band 24, 80 Seiten
Reihe: Quantum Books
Foucault / Harkness This Is Not a Pipe
Quantum Books. Translation of “Ceci n'est pas une pipe”, Nachdruck 2020
ISBN: 978-0-520-35341-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark
E-Book, Englisch, Band 24, 80 Seiten
Reihe: Quantum Books
ISBN: 978-0-520-35341-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark
What does it mean to write "This is not a pipe" across a bluntly literal painting of a pipe? René 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.