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Nietzsche 13/13: Foucault & Nietzsche

With Judith Revel, Francois Ewald, and Bernard Harcourt

In his Rio lectures in 1973, Truth and Juridical Forms, Foucault targeted what he referred to as “the great Western myth”: the myth that, in order to achieve knowledge, one had to neutralize the effects of power, the illusion that it is even possible to sever knowledge from power. “This great myth needs to be dispelled,” Foucault stated. “It is this myth which Nietzsche began to demolish by showing… that, behind all knowledge [savoir], behind all attainment of knowledge [connaissance], what is involved is a struggle for power. Political power is not absent from knowledge, it is woven together with it.”

From 1952 through at least 1973, Foucault returned to and wrote about Nietzsche—a thinker who would play a central role in his work on truth, genealogy, and history. Foucault delivered at least two famous lectures on Nietzsche, as well as several conferences in his other lecture series. In this seminar, we will explore Foucault’s relation to Nietzsche.

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When: Fri., Feb. 10, 2017 at 6:15 pm - 8:45 pm
Where: Columbia University
116th St. & Broadway
212-854-1754
Price: Free
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With Judith Revel, Francois Ewald, and Bernard Harcourt

In his Rio lectures in 1973, Truth and Juridical Forms, Foucault targeted what he referred to as “the great Western myth”: the myth that, in order to achieve knowledge, one had to neutralize the effects of power, the illusion that it is even possible to sever knowledge from power. “This great myth needs to be dispelled,” Foucault stated. “It is this myth which Nietzsche began to demolish by showing… that, behind all knowledge [savoir], behind all attainment of knowledge [connaissance], what is involved is a struggle for power. Political power is not absent from knowledge, it is woven together with it.”

From 1952 through at least 1973, Foucault returned to and wrote about Nietzsche—a thinker who would play a central role in his work on truth, genealogy, and history. Foucault delivered at least two famous lectures on Nietzsche, as well as several conferences in his other lecture series. In this seminar, we will explore Foucault’s relation to Nietzsche.

For details and more information, click here.

Jerome Greene Annex

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