Veyne Foucault

His Thought, His Character
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7456-8378-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 216 Seiten, E-Book

Michel Foucault and Paul Veyne: the philosopher and the historian.Two major figures in the world of ideas, resisting all attempts atcategorization. Two timeless thinkers who have long walked andfought together. In this short book Paul Veyne offers a freshportrait of his friend and relaunches the debate about his ideasand legacy. 'Foucault is not who you think he is',writes Veyne; he stood neither on the left nor on the right and wasfrequently disowned by both. He was not so much a structuralist asa sceptic, an empiricist disciple of Montaigne, who never ceased inhis work to reflect on 'truth games', on singular, constructedtruths that belonged to their own time.
A unique testimony by a scholar who knew Foucault well, this booksucceeds brilliantly in grasping the core of his thought and instripping away the confusions and misunderstandings that have sooften characterized the interpretation of Foucault and his work.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Veyne, Paul

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1
1 In Universal History, Everything is Singular:'Discourse' 5
2 There is No 'a priori' that is Not Historical22
3 Foucault's Scepticism 37
4 Archaeology 54
5 Universalism, Universals, Epigenesis: The Beginnings ofChristianity 59
6 Notwithstanding Heidegger, Man is an Intelligent Animal 66
7 The Physical and Human Sciences: Foucault's Programme77
8 A Sociological History of Truths: Knowledge, Power, the Set-up92
9 Was Foucault a Corrupter of the Young? Was He the Despair ofthe Workers' Movement? 111
10 Foucault and Politics 125
11 Portrait of a Samurai 135
Notes 147
Index 187

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Veyne is Honorary Professor at the Collège deFrance.