Foucault, Reader of Baudelaire: Imagination as Poetic Conjecture
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This article studies Foucault´s connection with Charles Baudelaire work, really, the hidden inspiration upon Foucault´s writings. His name rarely appears but he exerts a wide influence upon Foucault´s works. In other words, Baudelaire is rarely mentioned when Foucault reflects the relationship between literature and madness. However, Baudelaire appears with all his magnificence into Foucault´s american interpretation of “What is Enlightenment?” written by Kant. Just in this work, Baudelaire burst into the boundaries of the Enlightenment´s knowledge. The same Baudelaire identifies much more with the tradition of the visionary Swedenborg than Kant´s reflection “What is Enlightenment?”, whose writer was a harsh critic of the Swedish author.
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