Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984

This is not a pipe / txt Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984 - Second paperback edition 2008 - 66p. ill 21cm. book

Includes Index.

Contentes

Translator's introduction --
Two pipes --
The unraveled calligram --
Klee, Kandinsky, Magritte --
Burrowing words --
Seven seals of affirmation --
Nonaffirmative painting --
Two letters by René Magritte.

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.

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Art--Philosophy.

ND673.M35 / F6813 2008