Journée d’études sur Le discours philosophique de Michel Foucault 6.12.2023
The American University in Paris
6, rue du Colonel Combes
75007 Paris
In the summer of 1966 Foucault prepared to take on his much anticipated first position as a professor of philosophy, but unlike Kafka’s hapless countryman, Foucault did not patiently wait for the institution of philosophy to finally open its door ! He custom-built his own door by generating a model of the entirety of philosophy since Descartes, developing a combinatory matrix with four functions, four domains, and two dominant combinations, a matrix so complete it even programmed the four grand types of history of philosophy today. Yet he decided to not publish – to never publish – his diagnosis of philosophy. Why ? The mystery remains.
- Bernard Aspe | La division politique
- Michael Behrent | Appalachian State University
- Daniele Lorenzini | University of Pennsylvania
- Ariane Revel | Université Paris VIII
- Judith Revel | Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
- Orazio Irrera | Université Paris VIII