Foucault in Ibero-America: Editorial Routes and Political-Cultural Uses

Abstract

In this paper we summarize, study and compare some of Michel Foucault’s itineraries in Latin America and Spain. The introduction highlights the importance of an Ibero-American perspective on the international circulation of the French philosopher’s ideas. The analysis that follows seeks to give an account of the place of Foucault’s proposals in Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, and Spain, through the editorial rhythm of his reception. Then, we compare the circulations of his elaborations in certain socio-political and cultural Ibero-American conjunctures. In this regard, we focus on the politico-intellectual nature of the uses that, in Spain and Latin America, emerged far from the university campuses and crystallized between the confrontation with Marx and the association with Nietzsche.