Abstract
When one defines order as a sorting of priorities, it becomes beautifully clear as to what Foucault is doing here. With virtuoso showmanship, he weaves an intensely complex history of thought. He dips into literature, art, economics and even biology in The Order of Things, possibly one of the most significant, yet most overlooked, works of the twentieth century. Eclipsed by his later work on power and discourse, nonetheless it was The Order of Things that established Foucault's reputation as an intellectual giant. Pirouetting around the outer edge of language, Foucault unsettles the surface of literary writing. In describing the limitations of our usual taxonomies, he opens the door onto a whole new system of thought, one ripe with what he calls exotic charm. Intellectual pyrotechnics from the master of critical thinking, this book is crucial reading for those who wish to gain insight into that odd beast called Postmodernism, and a must for any fan of Foucault.
Keywords
Order (exchange)Reading (process)PostmodernismPower (physics)ReputationEpistemologyAestheticsSociologyLiteraturePhilosophyArtSocial scienceLinguistics
Related Publications
Random Allocation in Observational Data
Conventional observational epidemiology has an unenviable reputation for generating false-positive findings,1,2 or "scares," as others call them.3 In 1993, for example, the New ...
Handbook of Genetic Algorithms
This book sets out to explain what genetic algorithms are and how they can be used to solve real-world problems. The first objective is tackled by the editor, Lawrence Davis. Th...
Publication Info
- Year
- 2018
- Type
- book
- Citations
- 2873
- Access
- Closed
External Links
Social Impact
Altmetric
PlumX Metrics
Social media, news, blog, policy document mentions
Citation Metrics
2873
OpenAlex
176
Influential
32
CrossRef
Cite This
Michel Foucault
(2018).
The Order of Things.
.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315660301
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.4324/9781315660301