French Enlightenment

Truth and Life

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ID2160608
AuthorsPaul Rabinow
Year1998
Volume27
Issue2-3
Pages193-201
Publication date1998-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEconomy and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-5147 • E-ISSN: 1469-5766
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03085149800000013
OpenAlexW2164325594
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited3

This paper considers the relations of truth, life and norm in the work of Georges Canguilhem and Michel Foucault argued that in France it was in the philosophy of science that one finds the clearest formulations of the problems of rationality and the sovereignty of reason. This distintive confrontation can be termed French Modern. For Canguilhem, an ontological and existential pathos arose from the fact that living beings were fated to struggle in the face of circumstances. For Foucault, this ontology became historical and political. For both, the key question was the relationship between life itself and the understanding of life. The paper concludes by reflecting upon some implications of the ways in which the relation between life and lived experience is posed today

Biopower · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Existentialism · Norm (philosophy · Ontology · Philosophical anthropology · Political science · Politics · Rationality · Relation (database · Sociology · Sovereignty · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies · Migration and Exile Studies · Law · Philosophy

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