چکیده:
Constructing a reliable methodological approach has always been one of the most important concerns of the scientists and scholars in social science. This article deals with the introduction of symptomatic reading. This methodological approach has determinative differences with current qualitative and quantitative research methods and is the result of psychoanalytic thought. The article shows that Foucault’s approach to method has determinative similarities with symptomatic reading approach. To review Foucault’s view on methodology, the article mentions Georgio Agamben’s interpretation of him. Then according to Slavoj Zizek and his interpreters especially Rex Butler, the relevance of symptomatic reading with contemporary critical theory will be analyzed.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Symptomatic Reading; Approaches and Theories Ali Entezari Assistant Professor of Sociology, Imam Khomeini and Islamic Revolution Research Institute (Scientific-Research) Vol. 27, No. 1: 51-76 ISSN 0808-9082 Indexed in ISC Received: 2018/04/29 Accepted: 2019/08/22 Abstract Developing a coherent and reliable method has always been a major concern for scientists and researchers in the field of social sciences.
Agamben's interpretation is important in that it shows that Foucault's method has many overlaps and similarities with symptomatic reading, and therefore both can be used simultaneously in a research project.
One of the most important differences is that symptomatic reading is centered on the signifier and the phallic order; whereas Foucault is completely opposed to this method of analysis.
After showing the similarity between Kierkegaard's reading of theology and Lacanian psychoanalysis, Žižek argues that the same issue exists in the case of thinkers such as Marx and Freud and the relationship between their personal authority and their teachings.
Just as Foucault considered the theoretical validity of propositions in the field of discourse to be dependent on the works of the founders, Lacan also considers the validity of paradigms such as Marxism and psychoanalysis to be dependent on subjects such as Marx and Freud.
Therefore, thinkers like Marx and Freud create a unique dialogue between themselves and their interpreters, and symptomatic reading not only provides the possibility of deciphering any text but also reflects on the conditions of establishing knowledge.
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