WAS MICHEL FOUCAULT A STRUCTURALIST PHILOSOPHER?
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https://doi.org/10.7443/problemata.v11i1.46894Keywords:
structuralism, subject, history, transformations, genealogyAbstract
We believe that labeling is a task that has no intrinsic value. Thus, our aim here is not to define whether to classify Foucault as a structuralist philosopher is right or wrong, but to use this inquiry to explore in what sense the author approaches and in what sense he moves away from structuralism. Thus, the main goal of the article is to explore, elucidate and problematize some specific points, such as the philosophy of the subject, the discontinuous view of history, the analysis of transformations and the genealogical method. It may be possible to understand Foucault's thinking as sufficiently original and autonomous, without being necessary to reject his ties with the thought of his time.
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