this essay intends to show critical abilities of m. foucault's thought. it purposes that assertion to structural and relativistic narratives of foucault's thought, and interpration of it on heidegger, prevents to see critical aspects and critical thought project of foucault. the essay argues that in regard to critical thought, and out of limits of previous critical theory, foucault, w...

the concept of subject is one of the most crucial concepts in alain badiou's philosophical thought. he uses this concept in connection with concepts such as event, truth and fidelity. in this paper we try to show that there is an obscurity or complication in badiou's use of this concept. there seems to be an inconsistency in his assertions about the nature of subject. some phrases asc...

undoubtedly, the twentieth century can be regarded as one of the richest periods of the history of philosophy and thought which globalized this tradition, generally, because of the spread of mass media and even the published books, and joined all vast and narrow streams, here and there, together and at their juncture a big sea is formed which is the most important gain of the century. one of th...

A connection is often made between postmodernism and nihilism, but the full meaning of such a connection is rarely explored. The contemporary Italian philosopher Gianni Vattimo is one of the few philosophers to have devoted much work to explaining this connection. Vattimo extrapolates the relevance of Nietzsche’s theory of nihilism for the postmodern condition, arguing that the concept of the p...