Genealogical PracticesThree Ways to Consider the Presence of History in Philosophy

  1. Montserrat Herrero 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Navarra
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    Universidad de Navarra

    Pamplona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02rxc7m23

Revue:
Giornale di Metafisica: revista bimestrale di filosofia
  1. Agnello, Chiara (coord.)
  2. Nicolaci, Giuseppe (coord.)

ISSN: 0017-0372

Année de publication: 2016

Titre de la publication: Prospettive sulla metafisica: A settant’anni dalla fondazione del «Giornale di Metafisica»

Volumen: 38

Número: 2

Pages: 575-596

Type: Article

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Résumé

This article deals with the relationship between history and philosophy involved in the practice of philosophical genealogy. Genealogy is far from being a simple notion. The use of this concept by Nietzsche and Foucault started a debate in the academic world that has not yet been resolved. This article’s goal is to contribute to the discussion by considering a new facet. I make the claim that the “philosophical-genealogical” paradigm was created by Hegel. Hegel’s genealogy is a narrative of the history of spirit that aims to achieve the historical conditions of the possibility of freedom. That primordial genealogical paradigm allows us to define genealogy as a way to represent the convergence between logos and genesis. I will justify this claim by examining three genealogical paradigms, those of Hegel, Nietzsche and Foucault. These thinkers are not arbitrarily linked: the latter two are trying to escape from the first. But the question is: have they in fact escaped Hegel? My thesis in this article is that the practice of genealogy – at least in the way Nietzsche and Foucault understand it – has not entirely abandoned Hegelian metaphysical conditions. This comparison is relevant to clarify the complex relationship between historical discourses and philosophical concepts.