Pericles in Paris

Abstract

This article examines Foucault’s reading of Athenian democracy in the 80’s and is confronted with Cornelius Castoriadis and Nicole Loraux. Thus, this article presents a map of interpretations of the figure of Pericles by two philosophers and a French historian. It shows that we understand well over Foucault’s ideology than the historical reality of Pericles. We propose and political analysis of anachronism in history.

Keywords

• Filosofía francesa contemporánea, democracia, Foucault, Castoriadis, Loraux