| #489429 in Books | Foucault, Michel/ Harkness, James (EDT)/ Magritte, Rene (ILT) | 2008-07-01 | Format: Deluxe Edition | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x.26 x5.00l,.28 | File Name: 0520236947 | 104 pages
||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Very Fine|By Steiner|Foucault's brilliant little text about the art of Rene Magritte is probably the closest to structuralism Foucault ever got. Looking at the two paintings of pipes by Magritte, Foucault interrogates the formal nature of representation itself. As a good semiotician, Foucault is incisive in separating the image from the text, the resemblance from the copy. Thi||"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 Times Book|Langu
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 p... [PDF.rm70] This Is Not a Pipe (Quantum Books) Rating: 4.63 (795 Votes)
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