Th 2/21 Foucault, selections from The Order of Things, The Archeology of Knowledge, and “Discourse on Language”; interviews: “The Order of Things” and “Foucault Responds to Sartre”

Topics: Difference and repetition, critique of subjectivity, relation to structuralism

1. What distinguishes archeology from traditional history? What distinguishes it from structuralism?

2. What does Foucault mean when he states that the human being will disappear, and how does he justify this critique of the subject?

3. What role do difference and repetition play in Foucault’s thought and how do they lead to novelty?