Michel Foucault, event, philosophical practice

Abstract

The present work aims to elucidate in what sense the idea of event is present in the philosophy of Michel Foucault, more as a practical operator in the mode of investigation than as pure theoretical concept. Going through some of the works collected in Dits et Écrits, we try to show the real appearance of such a concept through the philosopher's approach to history, in the elucidation of the relations between knowledge and power. The classic examples of research (from madness to sexuality through imprisonment) served as a basis for establishing the relation between the event and the philosophical practice that is characteristic of it

Keywords

• michel foucault, acontecimiento, práctica filosófica