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The essay develops the topic «Representations of suffering» through Foucault’s reading of Sade’s work in The Order of Things. It is argued that in Sade the suffering is what guarantees the proper functioning of the device of representation, which for Foucault characterizes the Age of Reason.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques