Beyond the Analytic of Finitude
Kant, Heidegger, Foucault
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12947506 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Colin Mcquillan (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 184-199 |
| Publication date | 2016-06-28 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Foucault Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1832-5203 • E-ISSN: 1832-5203 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.22439/fs.v0i0.5023 |
| OpenAlex | W2461906459 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 2 |
The editors of the French edition of Michel Foucault's Introduction to Kant's Anthropology claim that Foucault started rereading Kant through Nietzsche in 1952 and then began rereading Kant and Nietzsche through Heidegger in 1953. This claim has not received much attention in the scholarly literature, but its significance should not be underestimated. In this article, I assess the likelihood that the editor’s claim is true and show how Foucault’s introduction to Kant’s Anthropology and his comments about Kant in The Order of Things echo the concerns about finitude and subjectivity in Heidegger’s Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics. I then argue that Foucault's later preoccupation with Kant's essay An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment? should be regarded as an attempt to develop an alternative to the Heideggerian interpretation of Kant, and the preoccupation with finitude, that had played such an important role in Foucault’s earlier works
Enlightenment · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy · Metaphysics · Michel foucault · Order (exchange · Subjectivity · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Philosophy · Political Theology and Sovereignty
| Citations per year | 0.44 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |