The use and abuse of genealogy : genealogical critique from Nietzsche to Said

This thesis traces the use and abuse of genealogy, from Friedrich Nietzsche to Edward Said. After elucidating Nietzsche and Michel Foucault's coherent configuration of the genealogical method in their own philosophical projects, it critically deconstructs and rejects the claim that the post-col...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Naicker, Veeran
Other Authors: Blond, Louis
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20134