The Archaeology of Knowledge

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The Archaeology of Knowledge is a 1969 methodological work by French philosopher Michel Foucault that analyzes how systems of thought and knowledge are historically structured and transformed.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
methodological work
non-fiction book
philosophical work
addresses conditions of emergence of scientific disciplines
discontinuity in history
methodology of historical research
aimsTo analyze how systems of knowledge are transformed over time
analyze how systems of thought are structured
author Michel Foucault
countryOfOrigin France
critiques continuous histories of ideas
traditional intellectual history
developsConcept archive
discursive formation
rules of formation
statement (énoncé)
EnglishTranslator A. M. Sheridan Smith
focusesOn conditions of possibility of statements
discursive practices
historical a priori of knowledge
rules of formation of discourses
follows The Order of Things
genre epistemology
history of ideas
philosophy
hasEnglishTranslation The Archaeology of Knowledge self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Archaeology of Knowledge and The Discourse on Language
influenced critical theory
cultural studies
discourse analysis
post-structuralism
mainSubject discourse
epistemic structures
history of thought
knowledge
originalLanguage French
originalTitle L’Archéologie du savoir
partOf Foucault’s archaeological period
philosophicalTradition continental philosophy
post-structuralism
structuralism
proposesMethod archaeology of discourse
publicationYear 1969
publisherOfFirstEdition Éditions Gallimard
relatedWork Madness and Civilization
The Birth of the Clinic

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Michel Foucault notableWork The Archaeology of Knowledge
The Order of Things precedes The Archaeology of Knowledge
The Archaeology of Knowledge hasEnglishTranslation The Archaeology of Knowledge self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Archaeology of Knowledge and The Discourse on Language