Anthropology under Politics: A Critical Comparison between Gramsci, Althusser and Foucault

Abstract

If modernity is theoretically understood as the priority structure and ideological dynamics of time over space, then the whole post-modern trend of thought can be regarded as a space turn. Its main idea is a spatialized way of thinking which takes space as priority over time. This way of thinking promotes the transformation of knowledge from absolute knowledge (truth) based on entity and given nature to contextualized knowledge which advocates that relationship takes precedence over entity, contingency takes precedence over necessity, and construction (generation) takes precedence over given knowledge.