The Future of Political Institutions - Foucault, Genealogical Critique, and the Normative Implications of His Analysis of the State

In Eero Kaila, Henri Petterson & Jani Sinokki (eds.), Past. Present. Future. Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of Finland Colloquium 2022. Acta Philosophica Fennica (2023)
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In his article, I reconsider the normative dimensions of Michel Foucault's genealogical method, especially as they pertain to analyzing the nature of political institutions. He puts forward a normative reading of Foucauldian genealogical critique, and through its lens views political institutions as historically contingent phenomena. This helps us to see how political institutions are transformable.

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