michel foucault

michel foucault was a philosopher who used the technique of genealogygenealogy
genealogy is a technique developed by nietzsche in genealogy of morals and later used by michel foucault. it is concerned with the origin of values and the value of origins. it means ne...
. In technologies of the selftechnologies of the self
technologies of the self was a 1928 seminar by michel foucault tracing the "development of the hermeneutics of the self" as a technology in platonism, hellenistic philosophy, and we...
, he says

My objective for more than twenty-five years has been to sketch out a history of the different ways in our culture that humans develop knowledge about themselves: economics, biology, psychiatry, medicine, and penology. The main point is not to accept this knowledge at face value but to analyze these so-called sciences as very specific "truth gamegame
a game is an institution for play. $G = (S, {P_i}{i=1}^{n}, {\Omega{P_i}}_{i=1}^{n})$
s" related to specific techniques that human beings use to understand themselves.

Foucault wrote an intro to a book by deleuzedeleuze
gilles deleuze (18 january 1925 - 4 november 1995) was a french philosopher and, to me, the philosopher's philosopher and a sage. his work grapples with difference, creativity, though...
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. His influences include heideggerheidegger
martin heidegger (1889-1976) was a philosopher from germany who did work in phenomenology and being. his major work is sein und zeit. he began in a seminary, but then became a student of ...
and nietzschenietzsche
friedrich wilhelm nietzsche (1844-1900) was a philosopher from germany. in 1869, at the age of 24, he became a professor. his first book was The Birth of Tragedy, published in 1872, about greek tra...
and marxmarx
karl marx was an economist and philosopher influenced by hegel.
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