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Askesis and Critique: Foucault and Benjamin.

While Foucault referred to Benjamin just once in his entire corpus, scholars have long noticed affinities between the two thinkers, mainly between their conceptions of history: their emphasis on discontinuity, their historiographical practices, and the role of archives in their work. This essay focu...

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Published in:Foucault Studies no. 32; pp. 28 - 54
Main Author: ROTLEVY, ORI
Format: Article
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press Sep2022
Subjects:
Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804
Spiritual exercises
Exercise
Similarity (Psychology)
Critical theory
Attitude (Psychology)
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