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is a form of history that can account for the constitution of knowledge, discourses, domains of objects without having to make reference to a subject which is either transcendental in relation to the field of events or runs in its empty sameness thoughout the course of history.

And this is what i would call genealogy, that is, a form of history which can account for the constitution of knowledges, discourses, domains of objects, etc., without having to make reference to a subject which is either transcendental in relation to the field of events or runs in its empty sameness thoughtout the course of history' (Foucault, 1980a:59).

is a form of inquiry that enables us to know about the conditions and circumstances under which the values [of morality] grew up, developed, and changed.

a form of inquiry that should enable us 'to know about the conditions and circumstances under which the values [of morality] grew up, developed and changed'

is a form of inquiry whereby the central underlying idea is that contingent historical events might play a decisive role in the very formation of institutions or even personality structures that are taken for granted.

the central underlying idea is that contingent historical events might play a decisive role in the very formation of institutions or even personality structures that are taken for granted, or considered as 'natural' or 'rational'.' What looks like a systematic whole is therefore a sum of historical layers, which only become saturated with rationality because of the durability of of components'

is a historical approach which seeks to destroy the primacy of origins, of unchanging truths, or progress.

Task: 'to destroy the primacy of origins, of unchanging truths. . . or development and progress' ((Dreyfus and Rabinow 109).

is a historical method predicated on the notion that the largest philosophical problem is the problem of the present time and of what we are in this very moment.

Maybe the most certain of all philosophical problems is the problem of the present time and of what we are in this very moment (Foucault 1982:785).

is a historical method which avoids the search for depth. Instead, it seeks the surfaces of events, which is to say small details, minor shifts, and subtle contours.

Genealogy avoids the search for depth. Instead, it seeks the surfaces of events, small details, minor shifts, and subtle contours. It shuns the profundity of the great thinkers our tradition has produced and revered... its archenemy is Plato' (Dreyfus and Rabinow 106)

is a historical method which brings dissenting opinions, illegitimate knowledge, local beliefs and local understandings into play against authoritative and unitary bodies of theory. It does so not in order to justify or undermine the present, but in order to clarify problem spaces.

The genealogy of knowledge consist of two separate bodies of knowledge: First, the dissenting opinions and theories that did not become the established and widely recognized. Second, the local beliefs and understandings. The genealogy is concerned with bringing these to knowledge, and their struggles to pass themselves on to others, into play.This research activity entertains the claims to attention of local, discontinuous, disqualified, illegitimate knowledge against the claims of a unitary body of theory which would filter, hierarchise and order them in the name of some true knowledge and some arbitrary idea of what constitutes a science and its objects (net).

is a historical method which is fundamentally against the idea of depth. Questions which were traditionally held to be the deepest and murkiest are truly and literally the most superficial.

He finds that the questions which were traditionally held to be the deepest and murkiest are truly and literally the most superficial' (Dreyfus and rabinow 107). . . .The methodological point (to be spelled out in Foucault's detailed analyses) is that, when viewed from the right distance and with the right vision, there is a profound visibility to everything' (Dreyfus and Rabinow107).

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