Al di là e al di qua di Spinoza: oggetto e posture dell’intelligere in Bourdieu e Foucault/Beyond Spinoza: object and posture in understanding according to Bourdieu and Foucault

Abstract

In present crisis of the public role of social scientists, this paper aims to explore the topic of engagement in two very prominent authors of contemporary debate, Pierre Bourdieu and Michel Foucault. Are they really so far each other? A comparative analysis of their apparently reverse position in front of a Spinoza’s well-known passage, seems to suggest the contrary…