Abstract
The article discusses the importance of ideas for political analysis. Ideas are more than random or inconsequential rationalisations of hard interests. They constitute and effect something in and of themselves. The article therefore presents the four most important and influential approaches to the study of the history of political thought: Michel Foucault’s discourse analysis, Michael Freeden’s ideology analysis, Quentin Skinner’s legitimization analysis and Reinhart Koselleck’s conceptual history.
Highlights
Artiklen argumenterer for vigtigheden af, at den politiske analyse medtænker idéer som en prominent del af den politiske handling
Gevinsten af den politiske idékamp er stor, argumenterer Hayek: ”Hvad der for den nutidige observatør synes at være en kamp mellem konfliktuerende interesser er ofte blevet besluttet lang tid før i et idéernes slag begrænset til snævre cirkler.” (1967, 179)
Men de fanger begge en væsentlig pointe i den politiske idéhistorie: betoningen af idéers betydning for det politiske liv
Summary
Artiklen argumenterer for vigtigheden af, at den politiske analyse medtænker idéer som en prominent del af den politiske handling. Disse tre principper er afgørende i en foucaultiansk diskursanalyse eller idéhistorie: ærindet er gennem analyse af en given diskurs’ historie at forstå og afdække, hvordan det historisk kontingente har konsolideret sig som selvindlysende sandt, for dermed at frigøre vores evne til at tænke og handle anderledes end hvad ’der foreslås os’.
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