Michel Foucault et Paul Ricœur, vers un dialogue possible

Il est désormais connu que Michel Foucault s’est intéressé à la fin de sa vie à l’ ”herméneutique du sujet.” Mais cette histoire de la constitution du sujet (ou de la subjectivité) fait étrangement l’économie d’une réflexion sur le rôle de la compréhension, alors que Foucault qualifie son travail d’ ”ontologie historique de nous-mêmes.” C'est sur ce point précis qu’est ici mis à l'épreuve le caractère médiateur de l’œuvre de Paul Ricœur, dont l’herméneutique du soi prend en charge une ontologie de la compréhension. Suite à ces considérations, la seconde partie de l’article cherche à démontrer que la théorie de l’agir de Ricœur peut favoriser le passage d’une reconnaissance de type objectale à une reconnaissance des capacités du sujet à se tenir pour responsable. Ce passage sera opéré directement sur le modèle d’analyse du “dernier Foucault,” c’est-à-dire son concept-clé de “processus de subjectivation.” In his later work, Michel Foucault manifested a strong interest for the “hermeneutics of the subject.” Yet this history of the constitution of the subject (or subjectivity) does without any reflection on the role of understanding, even though Foucault characterizes his project as a historical ontology of ourselves. The power of mediation emphasized in the work of Paul Ricœur may help us redefine an ontology of understanding through a hermeneutics of the self. Following this, the second part of the article aims to show that Ricœur’s theory of action can facilitate a transition from the recognition of the self, first described as “objectivation,” to a recognition of the subject’s capacity to be held responsible. This passage will draw on the model of analysis in the later Foucault, specifically, on his key concept of the subjectivation process.

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Exploring the boundaries of rhetoric

Journal of Organizational Change Management ◽

10.1108/jocm-09-2014-0175 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 27 (5) ◽

pp. 793-806 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Eduard Bonet

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Conceptual Framework ◽

Design Methodology ◽

The Self ◽

History Of Rhetoric ◽

Content Type ◽

History Of ◽

Practical Development ◽

The Subject

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how the boundaries of rhetoric have excluded important theoretical and practical subjects and how these subjects are recuperated and extended since the twentieth century. Its purpose is to foster the awareness on emerging new trends of rhetoric. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology is based on an interpretation of the history of rhetoric and on the construction of a conceptual framework of the rhetoric of judgment, which is introduced in this paper. Findings – On the subject of the extension of rhetoric from public speeches to any kinds of persuasive situations, the paper emphasizes some stimulating relationships between the theory of communication and rhetoric. On the exclusion and recuperation of the subject of rhetorical arguments, it presents the changing relationships between rhetoric and dialectics and emphasizes the role of rhetoric in scientific research. On the introduction of rhetoric of judgment and meanings it creates a conceptual framework based on a re-examination of the concept of judgment and the phenomenological foundations of the interpretative methods of social sciences by Alfred Schutz, relating them to symbolic interactionism and theories of the self. Originality/value – The study on the changing boundaries of rhetoric and the introduction of the rhetoric of judgment offers a new view on the present theoretical and practical development of rhetoric, which opens new subjects of research and new fields of applications.

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Asking for Narratives to be Recognized: The Moral of Histories

Études Ricoeuriennes / Ricoeur Studies ◽

10.5195/errs.2011.52 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 70-83 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Silvia Pierosara

Keyword(s):

Paul Ricoeur ◽

Human Being ◽

Collective Narratives ◽

Paul Ricœur ◽

The Subject

This paper demonstrates an implicit connection between narrativity and recognition in the work of Paul Ricœur. This view is developed in three steps. First, it shows that the subject who calls for recognition demands that his or her own narrative be recognized. In order to be recognized, a story must be measured with history, particularly that of the victims. Second, from this perspective, the role of collective narratives is fundamental, because they represent the possibility to connect the intrinsic teleology of every human being to the collective attribution of significance. Finally, with the help of a little known essay by Ricœur, the metaphorical power of narrativity to configure meaning will be compared to the power of architecture to construct and to organize space. Both these fields give stories visibility and an ability to be recognized.

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A CONSTITUIÇÃO DO SUJEITO EM MICHEL FOUCAULT A PARTIR DA HISTÓRIA DA SEXUALIDADE

Revista Conhecimento Online ◽

10.25112/rco.v3i0.1828 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 ◽

pp. 158

Author(s):

Ketlin Kroetz ◽

José Luis Schifino Ferraro

Keyword(s):

Michel Foucault ◽

The Self ◽

History Of Sexuality ◽

Care Of The Self ◽

Single Reading ◽

History Of ◽

The Subject

RESUMOEste ensaio objetiva discutir o modo como Michel Foucault abordou a constituição do sujeito a partir de a História da Sexualidade em seus volumes (I) A vontade de saber, (II) O uso dos prazeres e (III) O cuidado de si. O trabalho utiliza aportes teóricos de autores que trabalham “com” o filósofo francês em torno dos processos de subjetivação. Sem querer fechar conclusões e/ou propor uma leitura unívoca sobre o tema, o texto que segue conduz o debate em torno da invenção do sujeito e dos distintos modos de constituir-se/devir-a-ser sujeito da experiência no interior dos estudos foucaultianos e seu entrecruzamento com a Educação.Palavras-chave: Constituição do sujeito. História da sexualidade. Michel Foucault.ABSTRACTThis essay aims to discuss how Michel Foucault approached the theme of the subject constitution from the History of Sexuality in its volumes (I) An Introduction, (II) the use of pleasure and (III) The care of the self. The work use a series of theoretical contributions from authors who works “with” the French philosopher around the subjectivation processes. Without any pretention of closing conclusions and/or propose a single reading about the theme, the following text lead us to the debate around the invention of the subject and the different ways to constitutes/becomes the subject of the experience in the field of the Foucauldian studies and its intersection with Education.Keywords: Subject constitution. History of sexuality. Michel Foucault.

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The Role of Descartes’s Dream in the Meditations and in the Historical Ontology of Ourselves

Foucault Studies ◽

10.22439/fs.v25i2.5575 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 84

Author(s):

Edward McGushin

Keyword(s):

The Self ◽

Care Of The Self ◽

Historical Ontology ◽

Negative Power ◽

The Arts ◽

History Of ◽

Relations Of Power ◽

Positive Source ◽

The Way

This paper situates the dream-hypothesis in Descartes’s First Meditation within the historical ontology of ourselves. It looks at the way in which the dream enters into and transforms Descartes’ relation to his “system of actuality.” In order to get free from his confinement within his system of actuality – an actuality defined by relations of power-knowledge, government, veridiction, and subjectivity – Descartes draws on the disruptive, negative capacity of the dream. But, while Descartes draws on the dream to get himself free and to establish a way of thinking and living differently, he also disqualifies the dream as a positive source of knowledge, truth, or subjectivity. Excavating this ambivalent place of the dream in the genealogy of our present, we aim to recover the dream not only in its negative power but also to open up the possibility of re-imagining its positivity as a form of counter-conduct, problematization, and element in the care of the self. This paper represents one piece of a larger genealogical study that examines the history of relationships between the arts of dreaming and the problematization of power-truth-subjectivity.

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O DISCURSO ASCÉTICO EM MICHEL FOUCAULT E DESCARTES

Sapere Aude ◽

10.5752/p.2177-6342.2016v7n13p85 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 7 (13) ◽

pp. 85

Author(s):

Cláudia Maria Martins

Keyword(s):

Michel Foucault ◽

Philosophical Method ◽

Philosophical Text ◽

History Of ◽

The Subject

RESUMO No texto “Mon corps, ce papier, ce feu”, de 1972, Michel Foucault apresenta uma leitura das MeditaçõesMetafísicas de Descartes na qual identifica uma dupla trama: um discurso demonstrativo guiado pela ordem das razões e um discurso ascético orientado pelo exercício performativo de criação do sujeito de conhecimento. Este artigo mostra que, neste raro momento em que Foucault se colocou no papel de comentador de um texto filosófico, os aspectos realçados no texto cartesiano são igualmente emblemáticos de seu próprio método filosófico. Particularizando-se pelo apontamento de visíveis e enunciáveis, as histórias foucaultianas também perfazem uma dupla trama e incitam uma espécie de ascese. Palavras-chave: Foucault, Descartes, Meditações Metafísicas, subjetividade, História da Loucura. ' ABSTRACT In the text “Mon corps, ce papier, ce feu”, written in 1972, Foucault identifies in Descartes's Meditations a double weft: a demonstrative discourse guided by the order of reasons and an ascetic discourse guided by the performatic exercise of creating the subject of knowledge. The present research has showed that, in such a rare moment when Foucault puts himself in the role of a commentator of a philosophical text, the highlighted aspects in the Cartesian text are equally emblematic of his own philosophical method. Characterized by pointing out the visible and the enunciable, Foucault's histories also make up a double weft and encourage a kind of ascesis. Keywords: Foucault, Descartes, MetaphisicalMeditations, subjectivity, History of Madness.

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The Role of Descartes’s Dream in the Meditations and in the Historical Ontology of Ourselves

Foucault Studies ◽

10.22439/fs.v0i25.5575 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 84-102

Author(s):

Edward McGushin

Keyword(s):

The Self ◽

Care Of The Self ◽

Historical Ontology ◽

Negative Power ◽

The Arts ◽

History Of ◽

Relations Of Power ◽

Positive Source ◽

The Way

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Paul Ricœur e o humanismo jurídico moderno: O reconhecimento do sujeito de direito

Études Ricoeuriennes / Ricoeur Studies ◽

10.5195/errs.2011.95 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 106-117

Author(s):

Hilda Bentes ◽

Sergio Salles

Keyword(s):

Paul Ricoeur ◽

The Self ◽

Human Being ◽

Moral Dimension ◽

Paul Ricœur ◽

The Subject

This article aims to analyze the constitution of a subject of right capable of respect and esteem through the concept of capacity elaborated by Paul Ricœur. It intends to evaluate the capable, emancipated human being, the self that has an ethical and moral dimension and that is susceptible of ethical and juridical imputation, as it is explained in “Who is the Subject of Rights?” in The Just. There is an erratum for this article located here.

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El problema de la donación en la reflexión de Patočka

Investigaciones Fenomenológicas ◽

10.5944/rif.16.2019.29674 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 19

Author(s):

Marco Barcaro

Keyword(s):

The Self ◽

The Third ◽

The World ◽

History Of ◽

The Subject ◽

Phenomenal Field ◽

Pure Immanence ◽

The Way

Esta contribución presenta como el concepto filosófico de “donación” es reinterpretado en la reflexión de Patočka. Partiendo de la lección husserliana, gracias a la cual las cosas son dadas en la pura inmanencia de la consciencia, él critica esta orientación “subjetivista” porque no desarrolla adecuadamente el tema del aparecer en el campo fenomenal. La segunda sección analiza tres desplazamientos metódicos que abarcan: el rol del sujeto, su relación con la trascendencia, el darse a sí mismo del mundo en su totalidad. La tercera sección compara la reflexión de Patočka con dos referencias cruzadas a algunos intentos similares en la historia de la fenomenología. El tema de “la donación”, por tanto, nos traslada al mayor problema con el que ha trabajado siempre la filosofía: la manifestación del mundo. Patočka intentó esclarecer este problema mediante dos metáforas (el espejo y la pintura), pero también subrayó cómo concierne el modo en el que el hombreinterpreta la propia existencia.This paper presents how the philosophical key concept of givenness is reinter-preted in Patočka's reflection. Starting from the Husserlian idea, according to which things are given in the pure immanence of consciousness, Patočka criticized this "subjectivist" orientation because it doesn’t adequately develop the appearing in the phenomenal field. The second section analyzes three main methodical shifts concerning: the nature and the role of the subject, its relationship with the transcendence, the self-giving of the world as a whole. The third section compares Patočka's reflection and two cross-references to similar undertaking in the history of phenomenology. The theme of givenness brings us back in the end to the biggest problem within which philosophy has always worked: world manifestation. Patočka tried to clarify this issue through two metaphors (the mirror and the painting), but he also highlighted as it concerns the way in which man interprets his existence.

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L’empathie comme outil herméneutique du soi: Note sur Paul Ricœur et Heinz Kohut

Études Ricoeuriennes / Ricoeur Studies ◽

10.5195/errs.2010.23 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 9-20

Author(s):

Michel Dupuis

Keyword(s):

Crucial Role ◽

Paul Ricoeur ◽

The Self ◽

Heinz Kohut ◽

Short Text ◽

Analytical Process ◽

Paul Ricœur

Le bref texte que Paul Ricœur consacre en 1986 à la psychanalyse développée par Heinz Kohut révèle une réinterprétation phénoménologique à la fois du contenu et des fonctions de l'empathie, au total considérée comme un véritable outil à l'œuvre dans l'herméneutique du soi. La vision kohutienne de la constitution du soi et du processus thérapeutique analytique produit une espèce de “dé-sentimentalisation” de l'empathie, en soulignant le rôle crucial du transfert intersubjectif, fort à distance de la théorie (freudienne) solipsiste de l'ego.The short text published in 1986 by Paul Ricoeur about Heinz Kohut's psychoanalysis of the self reveals a phenomenological reinterpretation of the content and the functions of empathy, finally considered as an effective tool of the hermeneutics of the self. Kohut's model of constitution of the self and of the therapeutic analytical process produces a kind of “de-sentimentalization” of empathy, pointing to the crucial role of intersubjective transfer, far from a (Freudian) solipsistic theory of the ego.

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From the Internet Text: Gender, Embodiment and Ontology

Transforming Cultures eJournal ◽

10.5130/tfc.v2i2.646 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Alan Sondheim

Keyword(s):

The Self ◽

The Internet ◽

Internet Communication ◽

Simultaneous Presence ◽

Contemporary Life ◽

History Of ◽

Extended Analysis ◽

Entire History ◽

The Subject ◽

Virtual Subject

The Internet Text is an extended analysis of the environment of Internet communication, an extended meditation on the psychology and philosophy of Net exchange. As such, it is concerned primarily with virtual or electronic subjectivity – the simultaneous presence and absence of the user, the sorts of libidinal projections that result, the nature of flamewars, and the ontological or epistemological issues that underlie these processes. Internet Text begins with a brief, almost corrosive, account of the subject – an account based on the concepts of Address, Protocol, and Recognition. This section “reduces” virtual subjectivity to packets of information, Internet sputterings, and an ontology of the self based on Otherness – your recognition of me is responsible for my Net-presence. The reduction then begins to break down through a series of further texts detailing the nature of this presence; a nature which is both sexualized/gendered, and absenting, the result of an imaginary site. Eventually, it has become clear that everything revolves around issues of the virtual subject, who is only virtual on the Net, but who has a very real body elsewhere. So Internet Text has evolved more and more in a meditation on this subject – a subject which will perhaps be one of the dominant modes of being within the next millennium. Finally, it should be noted that there are no conclusions to be drawn in Internet Text, no series of protocol statements or declarations creating any sort of ultimate defining or explanatory position. The entire history of philosophy mitigates against this; instead, I side with the Schlegels, with Nietzsche, Bataille, Jabes, and others, for whom the fragment is crucial to an understanding of contemporary life... It is dedicated to Michael Current and Clara Hielo.

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