Foucault and the Problem of Genealogy
Gabrielle M. Spiegel
This essay explores the implications of Foucault's use genealogy as basis his philosophical investment in history. It contrasts reliance on a solvent historical continuity and linearity, view aleatory, contingent, potentially disruptive delegitimising, with medieval concepts lineage genealogical legiti mation interrogates, this basis, utility postmodern theories for analysis phenomena. suggests that derived from Foucauldian are not applicable to premodern societies, given Foucalt's very notion genea logy stipulates local genesis definite contexts which period-specific modalities knowledge, power, thought, epistemologies technologies put into play societies analysed.
Medieval History Journal