Mapping the Present : Heidegger, Foucault and the Project of a Spatial History

In a late interview, Foucault, suggested that Heidegger was for him the "essential philosopher." Taking this claim seriously, Mapping the Present assesses the relationship between these two thinkers, particularly on the issue of space and history. It suggests that space and history need to be rethought, and combined as a spatial history, rather than as a history of space. In other words, space should become not merely an object of analysis, but a tool of analysis. The first half of the book concentrates on Heidegger: from the early occlusion of space, through the politically charged r.  Read more... Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One: Space and History in Being and Time; Chapter Two: In the Shadow of Nazism: Reading Hölderlin and Nietzsche; Chapter Three: Art, Technology, Place and the Political; Chapter Four: Towards a Spatial History; Chapter Five: The Spaces of Power; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index