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Spaces of Crisis and Critique

Spaces of Crisis and Critique Philosophy

Spaces of Crisis and Critique

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In Of Other Spaces Foucault coined the term "heterotopias" to signify "all the other real sites that can be found within the culture" which "are simultaneously represented, contested, and inverted." For Foucault, heterotopic spaces were first of all spaces of crisis, or transformative spaces, however these have given way to heterotopias of deviation and spaces of discipline, such as psychiatric hospitals or prisons. Foucault's essay provokes us to think through how spaces of crisis and critique function to open up disruptive, subversive or minoritarian fields within philosophical, political, cultural or aesthetic discourses. This book takes this interdisciplinary and international approach to the spatial, challenging existing borders, boundaries, and horizons; from Claire Colebrook's chapter unpacking the heterotopic spaces of America and Mexico that lie beyond reductive ideological spaces of light and darkness, to a Foucauldian reading of the Zapatista resistance. With essays on politics, philosophy, literature, post-colonial studies, and aesthetics from established and emerging academics, this book answers Foucault's call to give us a better understanding of our present cultural epoch.
Product details
Number of Pages:
182
Release Date:
2018-09-20
Publication Date:
2018-09-20
Publisher:
Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1350021121
ISBN13:
9781350021129
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Weight:
443 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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