Vanishing Point: Les Mots Et Les Choses, History, and Diagnosis
A difficult point in The Order of Things lies in the historical situation of the archaeologist himself, especially when he speaks about the present. Is it possible to have an adequate view of the episteme in which you stand? Is not the very concept of episteme that of an unconscious determination of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2016]
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History and theory
Year: 2016, Volume: 55, Issue: 4, Pages: 23-34 |
| Further subjects: | B
Perspective
B death of man B Lévi-Strauss B Diagnosis B Foucault B Historicism |
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| Summary: | A difficult point in The Order of Things lies in the historical situation of the archaeologist himself, especially when he speaks about the present. Is it possible to have an adequate view of the episteme in which you stand? Is not the very concept of episteme that of an unconscious determination of the space of knowledge, so that it would be an illusion to claim to be able to “objectify” one's own epistemological situation? And from what point of view can a part of this situation be considered “backward”? This article tries to show that the idea of the “death of man” can be read on two levels: first, it is possible to reconstruct the argument of an appearance and disappearance of man in the space of knowledge from the seventeenth century to the twentieth century; but then, one has to discuss the way Foucault combined his history of knowledge with a philosophical polemics against some contemporary figures. And we can wonder if Foucault's diagnosis has lost any relevance for the present. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-2303 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: History and theory
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/hith.10826 |