Michel Foucault and the contradictions of modern thought

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology 28 (2):323-335 (2008)
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The present paper offers a sympathetic yet critical examination of Michel Foucault's discussion of the contradictions inherent in the self-consciousness of the modern or post-Kantian mind. Foucault's account of the “empirico-transcendental doublet” of modern thought is shown to provide a useful mapping of humanist, anti-humanist, and postmodern responses to the reflexivity of the modern “ episteme”. Foucault is criticized for his insufficiently critical treatment of structuralism . Foucault is also defended against the charge that he undermines his own position through a form of performative self-contradiction. 2012 APA, all rights reserved)

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