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Michel Foucault and the Ontology of Politics: E Pluribus Unum?

Krešimir Petković orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-3319-1838 ; Fakultet političkih znanosti Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska


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Sažetak

The problem of ontology in the work of Michel Foucault is discussed. First,
ontology is defined as the layer of a social theory, encompassing the essential
building blocks of the social world presupposed by that social theory. Second,
three different ontologies in Foucault’s work are identified, which roughly
correspond to the chronological phases of his theorizing: the ontology of discourse
(1960s), the ontology of power (1970s), and the ontology of the self
(1980s). While it is not easy to bring these different ontologies together, an
attempt at ontological synthesis is made via the concepts of productivity of
power and governmentality. A single “un-ontology” of aleatory power-politics
is constructed as a result of that theoretical operation. Finally, some basic
guidelines for political theorizing and research are drawn from that ontological
world picture attributed to Foucault’s theory.

Ključne riječi

Foucault; ontology; discourse; power; self; governmentality; political theory; political science; aleatory; politics; genealogy

Hrčak ID:

64151

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/64151

Datum izdavanja:

16.1.2011.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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