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*084  $aIbz Magritte, René
*1001 $aFoucault, Michel,$d1926-1984
*240 0$aCeci n'est pas une pipe
*24510$aThis is not a pipe  /$cMichel Foucault ; with ill. and letters by René Magritte ; transl. and ed. by James Harkness
*260  $aBerkeley ;$a1983 :$bUniv. of California P. ,$ccop. 1983
*300  $a66 s., [11] pl.-bl.
*440  $aQuantum books. An art quantum
*60014$aMagritte, René,$d1898-1967
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*697  $cKonstteori och konstestetik
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*7001 $aMagritte, René
*8520 $cKONST - Ibz Magritte, René
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What does it mean to write "This is not a pipe" across a bluntly literal painting of a pipe? Ren#65533; Magritte's famous canvas provides the starting point for a delightful homage by the French philosopher-historian Michel Foucault. Much better known for his incisive and mordant explorations of power and social exclusion, Foucault here assumes a more playful stance. By exploring the nuances and ambiguities of Magritte's visual critique of language, he finds the painter less removed than previously thought from the pioneers of modern abstraction--"confronting them and within a common system, a figure at once opposed and complementary."

Foucault's brief but extraordinarily rich essay offers a startling, highly provocative view of a painter whose influence and popularity continue to grow unchecked. This is Not a Pipe also throws a new, piquantly dancing light on Foucault himself.

• List of Plates Acknowledgments Translator's Introduction
• Two Pipes
• The Unraveled Calligram
• Klee, Kandinsk, Magritte
• Burrowing Words
• Seven Seals of Affirmation
• Nonaffirmative Painting
• Two Letters by Reneacute
• Magritte Notes Index Plates