Episteme

On the Emergent Episteme of Knowledge Civilization Era

In the era of knowledge civilization, the concept of episteme introduced by (Foucault 1972) cannot be restricted to historical studies, can be applied also to analyze the current situation and future developments. After the middle of 20 century, the episteme of industrial civilization era was disintegrating and three essentially different episteme of three cultural spheres developed divergently...

Spiritual Episteme: Sensemaking in the framework of Organizational Spirituality

تعریف اول افلاطون از episteme (معرفت) در رساله تئاتتوس

افلاطون در رساله تئاتتوس به موضوع اصلی معرفت و شناخت آن می پردازد و سعی می کند تعریفی برای آن بیابد. سه تعریف افلاطون در پاسخ به سؤال ((معرفت چیست =ti ))((estin episteme )) سه قسمت اصلی رساله را تشکیل میدهند. هر سه تعریف افلاطون از شناخت که در واقع آرای مختلف موجود درباره معرفت ‘ از جمله سوفیست ها و حس گرایان می باشد‘ بی نتیجه می ماند. موضوع این مقاله ‘ تعریف اول افلاطون از معرفت می باشد. س...

Conservation biopolitics and the sustainability episteme

This paper develops the idea of the sustainability episteme for the critical analysis of contemporary wildlife conservation. It takes forward recent work in conservation and morethan-human geographies that questions the biopolitical emphasis in conservation on protecting collectivities such as species. Drawing on empirical research on turtle conservation in India and on Foucault’s writings, it ...

Hetroglossia, Language and Identity in Twilight in Delhi

For colonized subjects, the arrival of the colonizer is fraught with socio cultural anxieties. Under the yoke a new regime, the indigenous cultural values and norms are redefined. The new cultural episteme that emerges under the dictates of colonization not only subverts the existing power structures but also redefines the practice of everyday life. In historical terms, it could be seen as dial...

The Episteme of Knowledge Civilisation

The paper starts with a discussion of the concept of knowledge society, economy or civilization, while stressing possible different interpretations of several issues: the reasons of emergence of knowledge societies, the issue of perceiving knowledge as capacity of action versus perceiving it as intellectual heritage of humanity, the issue of public versus private ownership of knowledge as the s...