Are We All Foucauldians Now? "Culture Wars" and the Poststructuralist Legacy. Issue 3 (2nd October 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Malešević, Siniša
• Is Part Of: Critical review. Volume 34:Issue 3/4(2022)
• Page Start: 404
• Page End: 424
• Publication Date: 2022-10-02
• Subjects: Foucault -- culture wars -- identity politics -- power -- poststructuralism; Libertarianism -- United States -- Periodicals; 320.512
• DOI: 10.1080/08913811.2022.2122171
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0891-3811

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Michel Foucault's philosophy has recently come under sharp criticism across the political spectrum. While right-wing and centrist commentators identify Foucault as the intellectual progenitor of "woke" dogmatism and an irrationalist hostility to science, left-wing critics associate his work with neoliberalism and animosity towards the welfare state. Neither critique is grounded in an accurate understanding of the epistemological motivation of Foucault's project.