Foucault and Critique

Lecture 28, “Foucault and Critique,” provides an introduction to Michel Foucault’s understanding of modernity in his reconsideration of Immanuel Kant and his effort to describe an ontology of the present. It considers Foucault’s notions of archaeology and genealogy and his theory of discourse as event, and discursive formations. It summarizes his debate with Jacques Derrida and his effort to understand discourse contextually.