Foucault, a critical history of thought

• Grant number: 13/18867-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: December 01, 2013
• End date: February 28, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Philosophy - History of Philosophy
• Principal Investigator: Thelma Silveira da Mota Lessa da Fonseca
• Grantee: Fernando Sepe
• Host Institution: Centro de Educação e Ciências Humanas (CECH). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The project proposes a detailed study of the constant problematization of truth in the work of Michel Foucault. To do so, we will seek to develop three central points: (1) as the questioning of truth develops, especially when we think of the movement that goes from archaeological works to the genealogical turn and the consequent development of a "history of true", (2) understand the importance and uniqueness of the resource to the history in Foucault philosophical reflection as a way to distancing the subject of the origin, (3) define Foucault reading and use of modern idea of critique. Thus, we believe it is possible to draw an interpretation of Foucault's thinking that put in the foreground his project of a "critical history of thought." (AU)