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Archaeology of Knowledge

Book • 1972
In this book, Foucault describes the analytical method he used in his earlier works such as 'Madness and Civilization', 'The Birth of the Clinic', and 'The Order of Things'.

The archaeology of knowledge is an approach to historical analysis that examines the history of discourse, the set of 'things said' in all their interrelations and transformations.

It seeks to describe the processes of discourse without assuming historical unity or continuity, instead highlighting disruptions, thresholds, differences, and complex varieties.

Foucault's method involves analyzing the organized dispersion of statements and discursive formations to understand the conditions that make certain expressions discursively meaningful.

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Mentioned in 3 episodes

Mentioned by David Guignion to explain the concept of genealogy in relation to Nietzsche's work.
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Friedrich Nietzsche "On The Genealogy of Morality"
Mentioned by David Peña-Guzmán , who wrote his dissertation on it, as a guide for thinking about philosophy and the past.
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Mentioned by Tara Brabazon in the context of post-structuralism and its impact on research methods.
Smash Cut - Unobtrusive Research Methods
Mentioned by Stuart Elden as a work that explores the human sciences and their development.
Stuart Elden, "The Early Foucault" (Polity Press, 2021)

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