Local theoretical production can be valid without a central regime’s authorization

Evidence

I think that the essentially local character of the critique in fact indicates something resembling a sort of autonomous and noncentralized theoretical production, or in other words a theoretical production that does not need a visa from some common regime to establish its validity. — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 25

Categorization

  • DEFINE: Defines the local character of critique as autonomous, noncentralized theoretical production requiring no authorization from a common regime.
  • XREF: connects to: Industrial development let general knowledges annex and confiscate local ones — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 195; Theory is deployed strategically as bricolage rather than produced as autonomous object; States can leave the franc zone unilaterally without French permission

Broader Connections