The Politics of the Order of Things
Foucault, Sartre, and Deleuze
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4496590 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gary Gutting (University of Notre Dame, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 54-65 |
| Publication date | 2016-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History and Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2656 • E-ISSN: 1468-2303 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/hith.10828 |
| OpenAlex | W2566972334 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Foucault's histories are typically aimed at what he regarded as intolerable political consequences of knowledge-based disciplines such as psychiatry and medicine. But The Order of Things is hard to fit into this pattern. What are the intolerable political consequences of the metaphysical and epistemological "humanism" the book attacks? To answer this question, I discuss Foucault's attitude toward Sartre and Deleuze, neither mentioned in The Order of Things but both of central importance for understanding its political significance. My conclusion is that the book fails as a political critique of Sartre (and political humanism in general) and instead expresses Foucault's personal ethical preference for Deleuzian limit experiences
Epistemology · Humanism · Metaphysics · Michel foucault · Order (exchange) · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Theology · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Law · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |