Read the full article which is published on Philosophy Bits (external link)“In science, restraint was necessary: there were questions that one was not allowed to put to the world — and he who nevertheless put them was like one who complained about a mirror whose reflection repeated his every movement but refused to reveal to him the volitional reason behind those movements.”
— Stanisław Lem, Fiasco
Poststructuralism as a Regime of Truth: Foucault and the Paradox of Philosophical Authority
Foucault’s critique of power and knowledge shaped poststructuralism, yet its rejection of truth risks becoming its own orthodoxy. To remain...
