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title: Contemplating the Self
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  name: CHIANG, Li-hua
  alternate_name: 姜麗華
  profile: https://gec.ntua.edu.tw/pageQAQ.asp?kk=121
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description: An essay by CHIANG, Li-hua (PhD, Université Paris 1; Professor, National
  Taiwan University of Arts) on HSU Che-jui's Answer series, reading its self-portraits
  through Foucault's dialectic of knowledge and power.
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# Contemplating the Self

An essay by CHIANG, Li-hua (PhD, Université Paris 1; Professor, National Taiwan University of Arts) on HSU Che-jui's Answer series, reading its self-portraits through Foucault's dialectic of knowledge and power.

## Key facts

- Author: CHIANG, Li-hua
- Related work: ../../works/answer/index.md
- Official page: https://5219rayhsu.github.io/en/texts/contemplating-the-self/

(This is a summary, not the full text; see the official page for the complete article.)