Genealogical Practices: Three Ways to Consider the Presence of History in Philosophy
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[1] Universidad de Navarra
Universidad de Navarra
Pamplona, España
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- Localización: Giornale di Metafisica: revista bimestrale di filosofia, ISSN 0017-0372, Vol. 38, Nº. 2, 2016 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Prospettive sulla metafisica: A settant’anni dalla fondazione del «Giornale di Metafisica» / coord. por Chiara Agnello, Giuseppe Nicolaci), págs. 575-596
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
This article deals with the relationship between history and philosophy involved in the practice of philosophical genealogy. Genealogy is far from being a simple notion. The use of this concept by Nietzsche and Foucault started a debate in the academic world that has not yet been resolved. This article’s goal is to contribute to the discussion by considering a new facet. I make the claim that the “philosophical-genealogical” paradigm was created by Hegel. Hegel’s genealogy is a narrative of the history of spirit that aims to achieve the historical conditions of the possibility of freedom. That primordial genealogical paradigm allows us to define genealogy as a way to represent the convergence between logos and genesis. I will justify this claim by examining three genealogical paradigms, those of Hegel, Nietzsche and Foucault. These thinkers are not arbitrarily linked: the latter two are trying to escape from the first. But the question is: have they in fact escaped Hegel? My thesis in this article is that the practice of genealogy – at least in the way Nietzsche and Foucault understand it – has not entirely abandoned Hegelian metaphysical conditions. This comparison is relevant to clarify the complex relationship between historical discourses and philosophical concepts.
