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Foucault's Orient : the conundrum of cultural difference, from Tunisia to Japan /

Foucault lived for two years in Tunisia and travelled to Japan and Iran more than once. Yet throughout his critical scholarship, he insisted that the cultures of the Orient and the Occident constitute the "limit" of Western rationality. Using interviews with scholars familiar with him from...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lazreg, Marnia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2017.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Foucault lived for two years in Tunisia and travelled to Japan and Iran more than once. Yet throughout his critical scholarship, he insisted that the cultures of the Orient and the Occident constitute the "limit" of Western rationality. Using interviews with scholars familiar with him from Tunisia and Japan, the book examines the manner in which Foucault experienced and explained his encounters with non-Western cultures
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 282 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781785336232
1785336231