For the nineteenth century, the initial model of madness would be to believe oneself to be God, while for the preceding centuries it had been to deny God.
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Madness is the absolute break with the work of art; it forms the constitutive moment of abolition, which dissolves in time the truth of the work of art.
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Michel Foucault (14)
Birth: | 15th October, 1926 |
Death: | 25th June, 1984 |
Nationality: | French |
Profession: | Critic, Historian, Philosopher, Theorist |
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