The poet mark ford traces the evolution of roussels eccentric compositional methods, and describes the idiosyncrasies of a life that was at once enchanting, heartbreaking and scarcely credible. Michel foucault raymond roussel ecrivain 1962 youtube. A professional tarot card reader, expat brit in the us and a bit of a music geek. The story mark ford tells about roussels life and work is at once captivating, heartbreaking, and almost beyond belief. Mar 01, 2000 but this was not the only machine model current in the modernist era, for on the margins of mainstream modernism werealternative machines, machines of reproduction and simulationwritingmachines, imagingmachines, duplicatingmachinessuch as those of alfred jarry, marcel duchamp, franz kafka, and,especially, raymond roussel.
Raymond roussel new impressions of africa surrealist poetry. Raymond roussel michel foucault traducido por patricio canto siglo xxi, buenos aires, 1976 titulo original. Here, foucault explores theory, criticism and psychology through the texts of raymond roussel, one of the fathers of experimental writing, whose work has been celebrated by the likes of cocteau, duchamp, breton, robbe grillet, gide and giacometti. Exposicion locus solus iglesias, cristina, ernst, max, dali. Michel foucault 19261984 was an enormously influential french philosopher who wrote, among other things, historical analyses of psychiatry, medicine, the prison system, and the function of sexuality in social organizations. A list of the resources on this site relating to foucault bibliographies, audio and video files, some textual comparisons, some short translations, etc. Apr 12, 2018 rick roderick on foucault the disappearance of the human full length duration.
Ive seen many texts using foucaults concept of bio power as legitimizing force for anti vaxxer movements. Now i understand very little of his philosophy so i ask you your opinion on the topic. During his lifetime, roussels work was vociferously championed by the surrealists, but never achieved the widespread acclaim for which he yearned. Raymond roussel lived during a very interesting time, when a huge industrial bourgeois had developed in such a way that an economy of leisure was created. He was educated at the elite ecole normale superieure ens in paris from 1946 to 1950, where he studied philosophy and psychology and was briefly a member of the french communist party. It is the only extended work of literary analysis in foucaults oeuvre.
Death and the labyrinth continuum collection series. Foucault also gave a lecture responding to roland barthes famous essay the death of the author entitled what is an author. Marcel duchamp, andr breton, michel foucault, alain robbegrillet and harry mathews have all testified to the haunting power of roussel s imagination. Death and the labyrinth in unique, being foucault s only work on literature. Death and the labyrinth continuum collection 9780826493620. Madness and civilization context background information. Things, words, vision and death, the sun and language make a unique form roussel in some way has defined its geometry. Foucaults own enjoyment, not only of the texts of roussel, but of the process of producing his analyses of those texts, is contagious. Stream tracks and playlists from foucault on your desktop or mobile device.
Michel foucault 19261984 philosopher, social theorist, historian of ideas. The video was subsequently kept in the archives of a. A few years ago, michel foucault and i discovered we were interested in the same problem, in very different periods of history. Umberto eco intervista michel foucault youtube umberto eco, batman, superhero, youtube. Raymond roussel, one of the most outlandishly compelling literary figures of modern times, died in mysterious circumstances at the age of fiftysix in 1933. In 1963 the same year as the birth of the clinic foucault also published a booklength study of the protosurrealist writer and poet raymond roussel. Michel foucault, for once and for now, may stand aside. Many more resources available at, centre michel foucault resources online and foucault news bibliographies, audio and video elden, s. The software lies within education tools, more precisely science tools.
Michel foucault about the author raymond roussel paris, january 20, 1877 palermo, july 14, 1933 was a french poet, novelist, playwright, musician, chess enthusiast, neurasthenic, and drug addict. Raymond roussel 18771933, nextdoor neighbor of marcel proust, can be described without exaggeration as the most eccentric writer of the twentieth century. Death and the labyrinth was foucault s first book, and the one focussed most specifically on literature. Currently in its fourth printing, foucault live is the most accessible and exhaustive introduction to foucaults thought to date. Read impressions dafrique by raymond roussel available from rakuten kobo. Raymond roussel was an art pioneer whose writings were essential to the formation of the french avant garde in all genres. Poetry as prosthesis poetics today duke university press. Death and the labyrinth in unique, being foucaults only work on literature. A prominent scientist and inventor, martial canterel, has invited a group of colleagues to visit the park of his country estate, locus solus. A big fan of synthpop, singersongwriterfolk and relaxing to ambient music edison, nj. Exposicion locus solus iglesias, cristina, ernst, max.
John ashbery summarizes locus solus thus in his introduction to michel foucault s death and the labyrinth. The world of raymond roussel english and french edition by michel foucault. This download was scanned by our antivirus and was rated as virus free. There are many audio and video recordings of foucault found in various places online. But this was not the only machine model current in the modernist era, for on the margins of mainstream modernism werealternative machines, machines of reproduction and simulationwritingmachines, imagingmachines, duplicatingmachinessuch as those of alfred jarry, marcel duchamp, franz kafka, and,especially, raymond roussel.
Sex is as basic as eating or sleeping, to be sure, but it is treated in modern society as something more. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news. The impossible prison a foucault reader 03 g ille s d e le u z e page 28 p ostscrip t o n t h e s ocieties o f c on trol a le ssa n d ro p e tti page 32 a ssym m etry in g loba lized s p a ce. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from michel foucault. John ashbery summarizes locus solus thus in his introduction to michel foucaults death and the labyrinth. Raymond roussel and the republic of dreams by mark ford, john. Composed of every extant interview made by foucault from the mid60s until his death in 1984, foucault live sheds new light on the philosophers ideas about friendship, the intent behind his classical studies, while clarifying many of the professional and.
Publication date 1986 topics roussel, raymond, 18771933 criticism and interpretation publisher garden city, n. The problem is why sexuality has become so important to people as a definition of themselves. Ive tried to compile all these and put them in chronological order. From october 26, 2011 to february 27, 2012 joao fernandes, director of the serralves museum of contemporary art in oporto and curator of this exhibition. Foucault death and the labyrinth the world of raymond roussel. His unearthly style based on elaborate linguistic riddles and puns fascinated the surrealists and famously influenced the composition of marcel duchamps large glass, but also affected writers as diverse as gide, robbegrillet and. Michel foucault about the author raymond roussel paris, january 20, 1877 palermo, july 14, 1933 was a french poet, novelist, playwright. Image by lucas barroso felix, via wikimedia commons. Laings divided self, which, along with thomas szaszs the myth of mental illness, also published in 1961, were set to become iconoclastic classics. His father was a doctor, and he had a standard provincial upbringing. Death and the labyrinth was foucaults first book, and the one focussed most specifically on literature.
The poet mark ford traces the evolution of roussel s eccentric compositional methods, and describes the idiosyncrasies of a life that was at once enchanting, heartbreaking and scarcely credible. Michel foucaults folie et deraison, erving goffmans asylums and r. Foucault explores theory, criticism, and psychology with reference to the texts of raymond roussel, one of the first notable experimental writers. I raymond roussels impressions of africa in 1912 at the theatre antoine in paris, both marcel duchamps and francis picabias attendance of the writer raymond roussels play impressions of africa foucault, 1987. See more ideas about critical theory, philosophy and life philosophy. Madness and civilization context background information paulmichel foucault was born on october fifteen 1926 in poitiers his father was a doctor and. Mar 08, 2007 these participatory experiments resulted in three books, all published within a year of each other in 1960 and 1961. Roussel also happens to be notoriously difficult to understand his output belonging somewhere in the overlap between conceptualism, experimentalism, and surrealism. Context background information paulmichel foucault was born on october 15, 1926 in poitiers, france. Foucault audio and video recordings progressive geographies.
These participatory experiments resulted in three books, all published within a year of each other in 1960 and 1961. The philosophy of michel foucault madness and civilization lecture 1 the truth about freud. Context context background information paulmichel foucault. Rick roderick on foucault the disappearance of the human full length duration. Marcel duchamp, andr breton, michel foucault, alain robbegrillet and harry mathews have all testified to the haunting power of roussels imagination. John sturrock champion of words lrb 15 october 1987. Here, foucault explores theory, criticism and psychology through the texts of raymond roussel, one of the fathers of experimental writing, whose work has been celebrated by the likes of cocteau, duchamp. For foucault this was by far the book i wrote most easily and with the greatest pleasure.