A philosophy of praxis methodology must be a systematic philology of history and politics

Evidence

The second process we see taking shape at the time of the Revolution is the way in which this tactic is deployed in three directions which correspond to three different battles and produce three rather different tactics: One is centered on nationalities, and is therefore essentially in continuity with the phenomena of language and, therefore, philology; the second centers on social classes, views economic domination as the wee central phenomenon, and is therefore closely related to political economy; the third direction, finally, 1s centered on neither nationalities nor classes, but upon race, and views biological specification and selection as the central phenomenon; there is, then, a continuity between this historical discourse and the biological problematic. Philology, political economy, biology. Language, labor, life. — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 205 (#expands, via linked claim)

So we have on the one hand a knowledge that has effectively been disciplinarized to form a historical discipline, and on the other hand, a historical consciousness that is polymorphous, divided, and combative. It ts simply the other side, the other face of a political consciousness. — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 202 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Philosophy of praxis transforms Hegelian immanentism into absolute historicism and humanism; Disciplined history coexists with a combative political historical consciousness — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 202; Historical discourse divides into philology, political economy, and biology — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 205 (+2 more)

Related

• Historical discourse divides into philology, political economy, and biology (similarity 0.90)
• Disciplined history coexists with a combative political historical consciousness (similarity 0.85)
• Gramsci’s philology means studying the Certain as distinct from the True (similarity 0.83)
• Separating philosophy from history and politics reduces it to metaphysics (similarity 0.81)
• Philosophy of praxis must be understood as historical methodology. (similarity 0.80)
• The philosophy of praxis needs practical research canons, not just theoretical doctrine (similarity 0.79)
• Philosophy of praxis transforms Hegelian immanentism into absolute historicism and humanism (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Historical discourse divides into philology, political economy, and biology #expands (0.75) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 205
• Disciplined history coexists with a combative political historical consciousness #expands (0.72) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 202
• Unique historical facts can still support a theory of history and politics #qualifies (0.72)