Foucault and Shakespeare’s pedants, dotards and drunks
| Autor: | J. Gouws |
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| Jazyk: | Afrikaans<br />English |
| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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| Zdroj: | Literator, Vol 11, Iss 3, Pp 29-41 (1990) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0258-2279 2219-8237 |
| DOI: | 10.4102/lit.v11i3.811 |
| Popis: | Foucault’s claim that the Renaissance organised knowledge in terms of the episteme of resemblance can be challenged in principle and on empirical grounds. I argue that the empirical challenge can be delivered, first, by pointing to three Shakespeare scenes in which the use of analogy as a means of presenting knowledge is repudiated; and, second, by pointing to alternative ways of organising knowledge: classical authority, logic and rhetoric. The “theoretical” challenge must be delivered by questioning Foucault’s presuppositions. |
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