Foucault's Critical Philosophy of History
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A01=Adam Takacs
analytic philosophy
Author_Adam Takacs
Category=QDHR
constructivism
continental philosophy
critical analysis
critical philosophy
critical theory
cultural studies
epistemology
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Foucault
historical ontology
historical realism
historiography
history of the present
liberation of knowledge
ontology
philosophy of history
political philosophy
political studies
political subjectivation
sociology
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- ISBN 9781793651198
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 158 x 236mm
- Publication Date: 18 Dec 2023
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Foucault's Critical Philosophy of History: Unfolding the Present provides a comprehensive interpretation of Foucault’s work by focusing on its methodological, procedural, and epistemological elements. Adam Takács argues that despite all its thematic and analytical diversity, Foucault’s procedure can be understood within a unified framework based on the historical problematization of the present. This procedure, triggered by current social issues and aiming at a diagnostic screening of the present through a constructive exploration of the past, thus sets in motion not only a specific philosophical vision of history and a research practice often related to the procedures of historiography, but also new ways of critical analysis of social phenomena. This book subjects all these elements to a systematic analysis, demonstrating that within this framework, Foucault’s often debated views on historical realism and constructivism—his methodological choices and ontological commitments—take on a coherent profile, culminating in a timely social critical project of “liberation of knowledge” and “political subjectivation.”
Adam Takács is senior lecturer at Eötvös Loránd University.
