Michel Foucault's 'The Archaeology of Knowledge' (Part 1 of 4)

In this episode, I cover the introduction to Michel Foucault's "The Archaeology of Knowledge."

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[christopherjohnson]

I’m glad you are getting back into more generalized content while still being outspoken about Palestine. The history was great and super enjoyable but I was worried it would start to get repetitive.

[MartinLindnerDigital]

AoK has always been the most important theory book for me, having studied literature as a passage way to cultural semiotics and history of "thought systems". So I do very much look forward to your podcast, being most interested in the concept of "enonces", statement-events. (And I share your rage about the war in Palestine, btw.)

[juri]

We love you! Just continue with noble and good work 💪❤️

[marychristianakis]

Thank you professor! Your students are so lucky!

[DecolonialLegalSpace]

This is great. It will help me in teaching Jurisprudence this semester.

[janari]

There are different criteria that form the question "what is something", for example: what is history? Any question that begins with "what is" can be a description and a proscription. Of course, my answer comes from a certain set of criteria.

es. "I would imagine other worlds, but all those worlds depend on others, including me..."

[oniondip_]

Thank you for going back to this! I liked the convo but it wasnt precisely what i was looking for after watching some of ur other Foucault and Baudrillard ones.

free palestine 🇵🇸

[Valentin-ocnh]

I just wanted to tell you I LOVE ur work. I have adhd so its really hard for me to read all this philosophy even tho i love it. So THANK YOU, really.

[jaisymhmd]

Are you going to cover Wittgenstein's philosophy?

[katherinevinten]

Hey been a long time fan. Is there any chance that you could do a video on Levinas' zionism? I think it's fairly interesting how it has affected his thought, and generally is a fairly large stain on his ouevre. Thanks!

[BJSepuku]

This is amazing. Maybe I'll finally be able to fully understand Foucault's worst book (I probably won't)

[VTLille]

The quote at the end of the introduction is more powerful in the original : « Ne me demandez pas qui je suis et ne me dites pas de rester le même : c’est une question morale d’état civil ; elle régit nos papiers. Qu’elle nous laisse libres quand il s’agit d’écrire. »

[nameless-ydko]

To Perceive is to Know, moment by moment.
All that exists is perceived (and vise versa)!
ALL concepts (that which is perceived) is Knowledge.
What's so difficult? ;)

Re; Palestine; Karma is NEVER wrong! And everyone has an expiration date, whether Palestinian or Peruvian, child, adult, anyone.
Taking sides is hateful.

[NoReWiTax]

Barthes : how many shades of green does a new born see ? Probably an infinite number. Adults say : its just green.
Imagine a tree : everyone has a different, and the word tree abstract from the differences. Its excludes differences by unifying.

[numbersix]

Thanks, David, for identifying some trustworthy organizations for the relief of Palestinians.

[leodarkk]

You love these comments, so here we go, in Barthes, you can completly ignore the "h" and the "s", so no need to make that "th" sound (it does not exist in French at all). Why do you pronounce it like that?!

[Firmus]

The first time you covered it was better. This is mostly because you used to be better at explaining Foucault focusing on descriptive claims, but over the years your video have become more and more prescriptive. Foucault himself was wary of this.