Abstract

LOPES, Maura Corcini  and  VEIGA NETO, Alfredo. Weaves: between Hermeneutics of the Subject and Education. Educação e Filosofia [online]. 2022, vol.36, n.78, pp.1489-1517.  Epub Jan 29, 2024. ISSN 1982-596X.  https://doi.org/10.14393/revedfil.v36n78a2022-66274.

Celebrating the forty years of The Hermeneutics of the Subject - the course by Michel Foucault at the Collège de France, in 1982 -, this text proposes to establish connections, both general and specific, between that course and Education. A discussion is made about the non-metaphysical analytical perspective adopted by Foucault, in contrast to current dominant interpretive pedagogical discourses. The meanings that can be given to some insights from that course are discussed, in their relations with education. Proposing a differentiation between pedagogy and Pedagogy, the subjectivizing function of pedagogical practices in schools is highlighted. We argue in favor of historical ontology, as opposed to transcendental ontology, and we resort to the concept of frame, in order to emphasize its importance and limitations in foucauldian studies. We discuss the modern inversion that placed emphasis on the precept “know thyself” (gnôthi seautón), leaving in the background the precept “take care of yourself” (epiméleia heautoû), which resulted in the replacement of the ideal of the subject of correct actions by the modern ideal of the subject of true knowledge. We suggest that Education can contribute to suspend the announced death of the subject or, at least, mitigate its effects.

Keywords : Foucault; Subjectivizing; Pedagogy; Historical ontology.

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