French Nietzscheanism: Remembering Michel Foucault

Year 2024, Volume: 10 Issue: 1, 1 - 30, 01.06.2024

Arif Akbaş

Abstract

Jean Baudrillard claimed in his 1977 book Oublier Foucault (trans. Forgetting Foucault) that “Foucault’s discourse is a mirror of the forces he describes”. According to Foucault, desire, sexuality, madness, oppression, power, power, body, discipline etc. The reason behind the development of comments and discourses on the subject was that all these issues had lost their meaning. Baudrillard’s work is one of the best introductory works on this subject. The books in the new “Foreign Agents” series that started in 1983, but the attack on Foucault has made it somewhat problematic. Thus, with the overlap between this new version of power and the new version of desire proposed by Deleuze and Lyotard, which was not accidental; In Foucault, desire was simply replaced by power. In Foucault there is no desire, its place has already been taken. Power mingles with desire, and desire mingles with power. This is why Baudrillard suggests forgetting this philosopher. Foucault’s discourse of knowledge/ power is also related to French Nietzscheism. In this article, Foucault’s thoughts will be evaluated in the context of French Nietzscheism. The article discusses current debates on French Nietzscheanism and studies on Nietzsche with a focus on Foucault. The purpose of this text is to clarify some of Foucault’s complex ideas. The result and our suggestion is that Foucault is an unforgettable philosopher.

Keywords

Foucault, Nietzsche, French Nietzscheism

FRANSIZ NİETZSCHECİLİĞİ: MİCHEL FOUCAULT’YU HATIRLAMAK

Abstract

Jean Baudrillard, 1977 tarihli Oublier Foucault adlı kitabında (çev. Foucault’yu Unutmak) “Foucault’nun söyleminin, tanımladığı güçlerin bir aynası olduğunu” iddia etmiştir. Ona göre Foucault’nun arzu, cinsellik, delilik, baskı, iktidar, güç, beden, disiplin vs. üzerine yorumlar ve söylemler geliştirmesinin altında bütün bu konuların anlamını yitirmiş olması yatmaktaydı. Baudrillard’ın eseri bu konuya giriş niteliğinde olan en iyi çalışmalardan biridir. 1983 yılında başlayan yeni “Yabancı Ajanlar” serisinin kitapları, ancak Foucault’ya yapılan saldırı onu biraz sorunlu hale getirmiştir. Bu nedenle, iktidarın bu yeni versiyonu ile arzunun Deleuze ve Lyotard tarafından önerilen yeni versiyonu arasındaki örtüşme ile ki bu tesadüfi değildi; basitçe Foucault’da arzunun yerini iktidar almaktaydı. Foucault’da arzu yoktur, onun yeri çoktan alınmıştır. İktidar arzuya karışır, arzu ise güce karışır. İşte bu nedenle Baudrillard, bu filozofu unutmayı öne sürer. Foucault’nun bilgi/ iktidar söylemi, Fransız Nietzscheciliği ile de bağlantılıdır. Bu makalede Foucault’nun düşünceleri Fransız Nietzscheciliği bağlamında değerlendirilecektir. Makalede; Fransız Nietzscheciliği ve Foucault ile Nietzsche çalışmaları hakkında güncel tartışmalara yer verilmiştir. Bu metnin yazılma amacı Foucault’nun karmaşık bazı fikirlerine açıklık getirmektir. Sonuç ve önerimiz Foucault’un unutulmayacak düzeyde bir filozof olmasıdır.

Keywords

Foucault, Nietzsche, Fransız Nietzschiliği

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