“Foucault is careful to explain that this amalgam of history and philosophy must not be understood in a cumulative way (philosophy of history or history of philosophy), but rather as a process of creating a story, ‘fabricating as through fiction’”. (p. 141sq.) #Solomon #Foucault #history #philosophy #fiction
“Fictioning is nothing but the attempt to isolate, identify, and ultimately harness anthropologically creative power, turning it into the power of identification.” (p. 142) #Solomon #fictioning
“What is at stake, however, is not simply national history or civilizational history, but rather the history of (Aristotelian) specific difference, or again, specific difference as history.” (p. 144) #Solomon #history
“Historico-philosophical fictioning thus represents, I propose, a crucial link between the biopolitical and the archaeological.” (p. 144) #Solomon #fictioning #biopolitical #archaeological
“This is not the usual idea of translation as transfer, circulation, and modification, but is rather an account of translation as a ubiquitous social practice which gives a privileged window on individuation.” (p. 154) #Solomon #Foucault #translation