Foucault argues that (language, texts, official reports, institutional practices) is not just a reflection of reality, but a "violence we do to things".
What if the history of ideas isn’t a straight line of progress? What if "knowledge" isn’t just true or false, but a set of rules that defines what can be said in a given era? Archeology of Knowledge
Unlike a historian who asks, "Who said this first?", the archaeologist asks, "What rules allowed this statement to appear at this time?". It is not about finding hidden meanings. Unlike a historian who asks, "Who said this first
Foucault introduces the —the subconscious, underlying structure of knowledge that defines the boundaries of thought for a specific period. Think of it as the "operating system" for human knowledge in a given epoch. It dictates what can be recognized as rational, true, or scientific. 3. Discourse as Practice Think of it as the "operating system" for