Monday, December 24, 2012

Critical Method of Social Studies: The case of Michel Foucault.



The methodology of critical analysis employed by Michel Foucault:
He notes; “In the course of my work, I utilize methods that are part of the classic repertory: demonstration, proof by means of historical documentation, quoting other texts, referral to authoritative comments, the relationship between ideas and facts, the proposal of explanatory patterns, etc. There’s nothing original in that. “

In points form:
  1)   demonstration,
  2)   proof by means of historical documentation
  3)   quoting other texts
  4)   referral to authoritative comments
  5)   the relationship between ideas and facts
  6)   the proposal of explanatory patterns.
  7)   Etc.


*Reference : Michel Foucault – Remarks On Marx
 Conversations with Duccio Trombadori
 Translated by R. James Goldstein and James Cascaito
 Published by Semiotext(e), in Italy, 1981.