Talk:Genealogy (Foucault)

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Representative

I don't think that it's necessarily correct to refer to Foucault as a 'representative of postmodernism'- I think the relationship of his thought to postmodernism is far more complex and problematic than that sentence would suggest. Does anyone else agree?

I don't think it's necessarily incorrect, but it's definitely not the best way to say it. Foucault's thought is generally associated with postmodernism and post-structuralism, but he is not necessarily a "representative" of postmodernism. (Oh, remember to sign your comments!) Rwclark 05:18, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

It should be kept in mind that Foucault did not identify with any movement or intellectual field known as "postmodernism", that he eschewed the term as well as 'post-structuralism' on several occasions and that he had his own labels for his thought. He shouldn't be wantonly labeled as postmodernist. It should be contextualized imo. Afghan Historian (talk) 18:16, 26 January 2010 (UTC)