Read the full article which is published on Philosophy Bits (external link)“While we are looking for the antidote or the medicine to cure us, that is, the “new”, which can only be found by plunging deep into the Unknown, we have to go on exploring sex, books, and travel, although we know that they lead us to the abyss, which, as it happens, is the only place where the antidote can be found.”
— Roberto Bolaño, The Insufferable Gaucho
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...
