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Foucault: 'archaeology' of knowledge = contingency of truth claims

Foucault claimed that he was attempting through the genealogical method to do an 'archaeology' of knowledge, to show the history and therefore the contingency of truth claims.

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Foucault: 'archaeology' of knowledge = contingency of truth claims
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Analyse discursive practices in terms of history/genesis, not trut
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Focus on what's excluded/marginalised by mainstream theories/policies
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Foucault's study of madness = produced through social institutions
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Genealogy = critical interrogation of construction of history
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Regimes of truth emerge over time as certain ‘facts’ are naturalised
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