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Question
______ wrote the book entitled ‘Archaeology of Knowledge’.
Options
Karl Marx
Michel Foucault
Lucien Febvre
Voltaire
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Solution
Michel Foucault wrote the book entitled ‘Archaeology of Knowledge’.
Explanation:
He wrote Archaeology of Knowledge and proposed ‘archaeology’ as a method for analysing discursive formations and historical transitions rather than linear chronology, highlighting neglected topics such as medicine, prisons, and madness.
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