Another paper in the theme issue of Theory, Culture and Society on ‘Foucault before the Collège de France’ – https://www.theoryculturesociety.org/blog/special-issue-foucault-before-the-college-de-france
Macherey, Pierre. “Did Foucault Find a ‘Way Out’ of Hegel?” Theory, Culture & Society, (June 2022).https://doi.org/10.1177/02632764221084903.
Abstract
A ‘way out’ expresses a movement which looks completely different depending on whether one views it prospectively or retrospectively: in the first instance, it signifies ‘to emerge from’, which suggests a relationship of continuity; in the second it signifies ‘to breach a threshold’, a distancing, that is to say, a rupture. Which of these two meanings should we ascribe to the expression ‘Foucault’s way out of Hegel’ – that of a connection, which emerges when we look behind us, or that of a disjunction, which appears when we look ahead? That of a line of descent, which obliges us to contend with a legacy, or that of rejection, thus a refusal to accept it? This is the very question that we want to confront.
Keywords
dialectic, Foucault, Hegel, subjectification, thought
Discover more from Progressive Geographies
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
