The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences

The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences

With vast erudition, Foucault cuts across disciplines and reaches back into seventeenth century to show how classical systems of knowledge, which linked all of nature within a great chain of being and analogies between the stars in the heavens and the features in a human face, gave way to the modern sciences of biology, philology, and political economy. The result is nothing less than an archaeology of the sciences that unearths old patterns of meaning and reveals the shocking arbitrariness of our received truths.

In the work that established him as the most important French thinker since Sartre, Michel Foucault offers startling evidence that "man"â‚¬"man as a subject of scientific knowledgeâ‚¬"is at best a recent invention, the result of a fundamental mutation in our culture.
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Vintage
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780679753353
Color White
ReleaseDate 1994-03-29
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780679753353

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Vintage
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780679753353
Color	White
ReleaseDate	1994-03-29
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780679753353

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