On Foucault's Spatial Thinking and Its Aesthetic Significance
Spatial thinking is the fundamental thinking mode of Foucault's thought,which has different stages of development focusing on truth critique.In the period of discourse analysis,spatial thinking is embodied as the use of spatial metaphor to criticize temporal thinking,which shakes the presupposition of eternal truth.In the period of power analysis,spatial thinking is embodied in the discussion of the spatialization of discourse,knowledge and power.Foucault's spatial thinking is also embodied in"heterotopia"as spatial philosophy and"the thought of the outside"as aesthetic practice.The exploration and establishment of spatial thinking not only determines the unique appearance of Foucault's thought,but also has an important and far-reaching influence on the spatial turn of the humanities and social sciences since the middle and late 20th century.
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