Theoretical Puppets: G is for Genealogy (Michel Foucault), December 12 2022 Genealogy is a crucial concept in Foucault’s conception of historical research. Here, he explains the difference between “genealogy” and “archaeology.” He also discusses his important essay on “Nietzsche, Genealogy, History,” underscoring the importance of masquerades and “concerted carnivals.” However, he leaves open the question …
Apr 25, 2022 Foucault tries to put some order into his things. A laughing bag reminds him of the “Chinese encycopedia” described by Jorge Luis Borges. He explains the nature of the laughter caused by Borges’ “heterotopia,” while shedding some light on Nietzsche’s philosophy and the “explosion of man’s face in laughter.”
Theoretical Puppets, I is for Information Technology (Michel Foucault) Sep 27, 2021
Theoretical Puppets Michel Foucault meets Walter Benjamin, Nov 2, 2020
Michel Foucault from A to Z. Here is why Foucault had a life-long fascination with the Rorschach test and how this relates to Deleuze’s notion that thinking means folding…
Michel Foucault from A to Z. Foucault on Population, Environment, and “Umwelt”
Michel Foucault from A to Z. Foucault talks about his mentor Georges Canguilhem (1904-1995).
E is for Epistemology (Michel Foucault) (2021) Michel Foucault from A to Z. — Does epistemology has anything to do with epidemiology? An epic conversation about philosophy, knowledge, history, and viruses, including references to Canguilhem and Bachelard as well as Laurie Anderson and William Burroughs…
T is for Time (Michel Foucault), Mar 1, 2021
Foucault on Puppet Theaters, Flaubert and the Modern Imagination 1 March 2020 Michel Foucault and Salvador Dalí visit an exhibition in the “Museum of Imagination” displaying various versions of the “Temptation of Saint Anthony”…
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