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Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran
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PhD Student (theoretical-cultural sociology)
Abstract
Culture is historical; hence deep understanding and solution of cultural problems requires an approach that takes the historicalness of culture into consideration. Generally, people think that culture is a ‘natural’ and ‘definite’ category which has always been and is in this form, while culture is diverse, volatile and historical. Genealogy is among theoretical-methodological traditions that study phenomena in the context of their historical evolution, and provides us with a suitable critical position for understanding of their current condition through identification of historical formations of phenomena. Genealogy, as theory and method, has its roots in the theoretical tradition which is predominately represented by Nietzsche and Foucault. In the present paper the ten-fold steps (such as power, resistance, discontinuity analysis, …) of conducting a genealogical research has been identified. Moreover, some of the techniques of a genealogical study as mentioned by Foucault, have been discussed. Also the relationship between archeology and genealogy has been elaborated and their epistemological or ontological orientations have been elucidated.
Kachuiyan, H., & Zaeri, Q. (2009). Ten Basic Methodological Steps in Genealogical Analysis of Culture; Special Reference to Michel Foucault. Strategy for Culture, 2(7), 7-30.
MLA
Hossein Kachuiyan; Qasem Zaeri. "Ten Basic Methodological Steps in Genealogical Analysis of Culture; Special Reference to Michel Foucault". Strategy for Culture, 2, 7, 2009, 7-30.
HARVARD
Kachuiyan, H., Zaeri, Q. (2009). 'Ten Basic Methodological Steps in Genealogical Analysis of Culture; Special Reference to Michel Foucault', Strategy for Culture, 2(7), pp. 7-30.
VANCOUVER
Kachuiyan, H., Zaeri, Q. Ten Basic Methodological Steps in Genealogical Analysis of Culture; Special Reference to Michel Foucault. Strategy for Culture, 2009; 2(7): 7-30.
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