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Politics, history, freedom: Arendt, Foucault and the politics of genealogy

Politics, history, freedom: Arendt, Foucault and the politics of genealogy
Politics, history, freedom: Arendt, Foucault and the politics of genealogy
Arguing that Arendt and Foucault can both be seen as engaged in the practice of genealogy, this article starts by sketching the background figures of Heidegger and Nietzsche that they hold in common and situates their relations to Nietzsche as emerging from dissatisfaction with the lack of historical groundedness in Heidegger’s philosophy. To develop this case and to provide that basis for some comparison between their approaches and diagnoses of the contemporary condition, it then offers an analysis of each of Arendt and Foucault against this Heidegger-Nietzsche background. Finally I draw attention to some salient similarities and differences between Arendt and Foucault that can provide a basis for critical dialogue between them.
Arendt, biopolitics, Foucault, genealogy, Heidegger, Nietzsche, totalitarianism
1872-2636
290-314
Owen, David
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Owen, David
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Owen, David (2024) Politics, history, freedom: Arendt, Foucault and the politics of genealogy. Journal of the Philosophy of History, 18 (3), 290-314. (doi:10.1163/18722636-12341536).

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Arguing that Arendt and Foucault can both be seen as engaged in the practice of genealogy, this article starts by sketching the background figures of Heidegger and Nietzsche that they hold in common and situates their relations to Nietzsche as emerging from dissatisfaction with the lack of historical groundedness in Heidegger’s philosophy. To develop this case and to provide that basis for some comparison between their approaches and diagnoses of the contemporary condition, it then offers an analysis of each of Arendt and Foucault against this Heidegger-Nietzsche background. Finally I draw attention to some salient similarities and differences between Arendt and Foucault that can provide a basis for critical dialogue between them.

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Accepted/In Press date: 9 October 2024
e-pub ahead of print date: 19 November 2024
Published date: 2024
Keywords: Arendt, biopolitics, Foucault, genealogy, Heidegger, Nietzsche, totalitarianism

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Local EPrints ID: 497249
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/497249
ISSN: 1872-2636
PURE UUID: f08758ab-e763-4b78-9076-6eaa296ddc87
ORCID for David Owen: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8865-6332

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Date deposited: 16 Jan 2025 17:48
Last modified: 19 Sep 2025 01:35

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