Foucism, Marxory & Histault

A Critical Appraisal of Poster'S Foucault, Marxism and History: Mode of Production Versus Mode of Information

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ID2353525
AuthorsMartin O’brien (0000-0002-5542-3284, corresponding author)
Year1986
Volume3
Issue2
Pages115-123
Publication date1986-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTheory Culture & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0263-2764 • E-ISSN: 1460-3616
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0263276486003002009
OpenAlexW2137289320
LanguageEN
Citations received2

The application of a 'Foucaultism' to contemporary critical analysis is by no means an easy task and Poster's book contains many valuable insights into the functioning of Foucault's work - particularly as it relates to modern Marxisms - within critical theory. Yet there remain a number of important themes which Poster appears merely to gloss over (eg, the precise nature of 'historicity', the relation between the dialectic and reason, etc) providing no solution to the dilemmas thrown up by grounded theory attempting to work within the field of a discursive analysis. The aim of this paper is to shed some light on the particular nature of 'history' as it appears in Marx and in Foucault and to indicate some of the main characteristics of Foucault's analytical tools. The logic of the paper follows the logic of Poster's book, dealing with Marx first, Foucault second, and closes with an examination of some analytical implications of adopting a discursive/genealogical approach to the study of contemporary social phenomena

Critical appraisal · Critical theory · Dialectic · Epistemology · Historicity (philosophy · Michel foucault · Mode (computer interface · Political science · Politics · Relation (database · Sociology · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Philosophy

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