Leonard, M.
The Power of Oedipus: Michel Foucault with Hannah Arendt
(2023) Arethusa, 56 (3), pp. 393-412.
DOI: 10.1353/are.2023.a917343
Abstract
It has become increasingly common to draw connections between Michel Foucault and Hannah Arendt: there are strong continuities between their respective theories of power, and Foucault and Arendt share an account of modernity and of the entry of biological life into the political sphere. Both thinkers are also immersed in the texts of antiquity and place an analysis of the ancient world at the heart of their thinking about the modern condition. This article explores how their different accounts of Oedipus as a political figure reveal their preoccupations with questions of power and political subjectivity. © 2023 by Johns Hopkins University Press.
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