Between archaeology of knowledge and linguistic contextualism: a comparative study on the research methods of Michel Foucault, Quentin Skinner and John Pocock

Authors

  • Pedro Luiz Lima Universidade Estadual de Londrina Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Políticos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2237-4485.lev.2014.132345

Keywords:

political ideas, linguistic contextualism, archaeology of knowledge, Michel Foucault, Quentin Skinner, John Pocock

Abstract

The following article is a theoretical contribution to the deepening of the methodological debates over the forms of apprehension of the political ideas. As such, it undertakes a comparative reading of the main works of Michel Foucault, Quentin Skinner and John Pocock, and articulates some possible relations between the archaeology of knowledge and the linguistic contextualism. Through the text, approximations between the two currents are established, with regards to the primacy of discourse and to the historical plurality of discursive contexts, irreconcilable with each other; and also relevant differences are pointed out, mainly with regards to the subject’s place in the constitution of languages, ideas and political knowledge

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Author Biography

  • Pedro Luiz Lima, Universidade Estadual de Londrina Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Políticos
    Professor Assistente de Ciência Política da Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL) e Doutorando do Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Políticos da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (IESP-UERJ)

Published

2014-08-13

Issue

Section

Political Theory

How to Cite

Between archaeology of knowledge and linguistic contextualism: a comparative study on the research methods of Michel Foucault, Quentin Skinner and John Pocock. (2014). Leviathan (São Paulo), 8, 38-65. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2237-4485.lev.2014.132345