{"product_id":"this-is-not-a-pipe-volume-24-9780520236943","title":"This Is Not a Pipe: Volume 24","description":"What does it mean to write \"This is not a pipe\" across a bluntly literal painting of a pipe? René Magritte's famous canvas provides the starting point for a delightful homage by French philosopher and 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most important theorists of the twentieth century, \u003cb\u003eMichel Foucault's \u003c\/b\u003e(1926-1984) many influential books include \u003ci\u003eDiscipline and Punish, The Archeology of Knowledge, The History of Sexuality, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Discourse on Language. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50324912898322,"sku":"9780520236943","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_69343659-2c71-46ed-a492-18b3451345d7.jpg?v=1727677836","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/this-is-not-a-pipe-volume-24-9780520236943","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}