GENEALOGIA KRITIIKKJNÄ. (Finnish)

Genealogy as critique. (English)

NIETZSCHE, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900; HACKING, Ian, 1936-2023

The article deals with Foucauldian genealogy. Emphasising the influence of the philosophy of Nietzsche, it looks at genealogy as critique, which involves the study and writing of history; but which is at the same time very consciously motivated by present-day issues. The topic is approached in the article through the analysis of two key concepts: event and problematisation. In addition, the article discusses the fundamental importance of the question of the relationship with one's own time in genealogical thinking. The nature of genealogy as Zeirdiagnose is clarified by comparing it with contemporary debates within sociology. The writer ends up suggesting that genealogy consists of the critical study of our historical ontology - or, in Ian Hacking's words, of "our possibilities of being a person" - and it focuses on ethos and praxis. Genealogy involves the history of the possibility; emergence, and formation of our life practices, which asks about the kinds of tensions, efforts, and struggles through which the present has become possible. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Artikkelin aihe on foucaultlainen genealogia. Nietzschen filosofian vaikutusta korostaen genealogiaa tarkastellaan kritiikkinä, joka on historian tutkimusta ja kirjoittamista, mutta hyvin tietoisesti nykyhetken kysymysten motivoimaa. Aihetta lähestytään erittelemällä kahta avainkäsitettä: tapahtumaa ja problematisointia. Lisäksi käsitellään sitä, millä tavoin suhde omaan aikaan on perustava genealogisessa ajattelussa. Genealogian luonnetta aikalaiskritiikkinä selvitetään vertailemalla sitä sosiologiseen aikalaisdiagnoosiin. Artikkelissa päädytään siihen, että genealogia on historiallisen ontologiamme eli Ian Hackingin sanoin "mahdollisuuksiemme olla persoona" kriittistä tutkimusta ja sen kohteet ovat eetos ja käytäntö. Genealogia on elämänkäytäntömme mahdollisuuden, synnyn ja muotoutumisen historiaa, jossa kysytään, minkälaisten kiistojen, pyrkimysten ja taistelujen kautta nykyisyys on tullut mahdolliseksi. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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