The last lesson of Michel Foucault: a vitalism for a future philosophy

Marco Maureira Velásquez; Francisco Tirado Serrano

doi:10.5565/rev/athenea.2207

La última lección de Michel Foucault: un vitalismo para la filosofía del futuro

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Marco Maureira Velásquez Universitat de Barcelona https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0238-6774
Francisco Tirado Serrano Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

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Resumen

El presente artículo propone una lectura vitalista del trabajo de Foucault, la cual conjuga las tres dimensiones tradicionales con que se suele aprehender su trabajo: saber, poder y subjetivación. Nuestra interpretación comienza por su último texto: “La vida: la experiencia y la ciencia”. En este, podemos encontrar tres importantes elementos. Primero: ofrece una reflexión sobre la “vida” en la obra de Canguilhem. Segundo: se rinde tributo a la importancia que tuvo su trabajo en la transformación de la filosofía. Por último, el texto aporta una reinterpretación del propio trabajo de Foucault. De este modo, sostendremos que la última lección de Foucault es proponer un enfoque vitalista como desafío para la filosofía del futuro. Para exponer esto, comenzaremos por dirigir nuestra atención sobre el trabajo de Canguilhem. Una vez hecho esto, explicaremos cómo las dinámicas de saber, poder y subjetivación pueden ser leídas desde un enfoque vitalista.

Palabras clave

Foucault, Vitalismo, Canguilhem, Vida

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Biografía del autor/a

Marco Maureira Velásquez, Universitat de Barcelona

Marco Maureira has a PhD in Social Psychology. He is a collaborator in research tasks in the Barcelona Science and Technology Studies Group (STS-b). His main research interests are: (a) a reconceptualization of life in the social sciences and philosophy; (b) posthumanism and new materialism. Recent publications include: "The epidemiological factor: a genealogy of the link between medicine and politics"; ‘Posthumanism: beyond anthropotechnical and nomadism’; ‘Biocapitalism and suspension of the norm’; ‘A philosophical analysis of scenario-planning’.

Francisco Tirado Serrano, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Francisco Tirado is Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. He is member of the research group STS-b (Barcelona Science and Technology Studies Group). His main research interests are: (a) the reconceptualization of life in biosecurity practices and discourses; (b) the use of concepts such as actor-network, cyborg, assemblage and so on in the social sciences.