Foucaultcu Eleştiri Nasıl Anlaşılmalı?

Yıl 2013, Sayı: 21 - Kaygı (21) 2013, 37 - 54, 15.10.2013

Hakan Gündoğdu

Öz

Bu makalede Foucault’nun eleştiri anlayışı ve ona yöneltilen itirazlar üzerinde durulmuştur. Son zamanlarda bazı entelektüeller Foucaultcu eleştiri anlayışında bir görecelik problemi olduğunu iddia etmektedirler. Onlara göre, Foucaultcu eleştiri, eleştirinin kendisine dayanacağı bir hakikat fikrinden, bir doğruluk-yanlışlık ölçütünden ve normatif bir temelden yoksundur. Böyle bir eleştiri anlayışı kendisini görecelikten kurtaramayacağı için de, burada eleştiri anlamını ve işlevini kaybetmek durumundadır. Bu makalede bu gibi itirazların Foucault’nun eleştiri anlayışının amacı ve işlevine dair bir yanlış anlamadan kaynaklandığı öne sürülmekte ve Foucault’nun eleştiriden ne anladığı açıklığa kavuşturulmaya çalışılmaktadır. Doğrusu, Foucault, çalışmalarında eleştiri üzerinde yeniden düşünmemizi talep ederek ve eleştirinin bizzat kendisini sorunsallaştırarak, bize, bir takım hakikat normlarına başvurmadan nasıl eleştirel olunabileceğini göstermeye çalışmaktadır. Onun bir ethos, bir tutum, bir erdem, bir teşhis ve çok fazla yönetilmeme sanatı olarak eleştiri kavramsallaştırması klasik eleştiri anlayışından oldukça farklıdır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Foucault, Eleştiri, Görecelik, Erdem, Teşhis, Tutum, Hakikat

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