Michel Foucault et Alain Badiou (1965). Philosophie et psychologie

Philosophy and Psychology: A Conversation Between Alain Badiou and Michel Foucault Summary: This conversation explores the nature of psychology and its scientific status. Rather than reducing it to a science, it presents it as a cultural form that emerged in the West in the 19th century, continuing practices such as confession, literature, and philosophy. Philosophy, considered the most universal cultural form in the West, has long been the focus of reflection on humankind; psychology subsequently takes up some of these questions from a more scientific perspective. The major event is Freud's discovery of the unconscious, which revolutionized psychology and the human sciences by redefining their object and methods. The unconscious is conceived as a text to be deciphered, structured by language, and each analysis is a unique act between psychoanalyst and patient. This break distinguishes psychoanalysis from laboratory or applied psychologies, which are more closely linked to economic interests (tests, aptitudes, consumption). Thus, psychology appears both as an heir to philosophy and as a pivotal science within the humanities thanks to psychoanalysis, while maintaining a tension between positivist explanation and hermeneutic interpretation. Finally, the pedagogical question underscores the difficulty of teaching psychology without embracing this dual heritage: scientific and philosophical. Series: The Teaching of Philosophy Director: Jean Fléchet Producer: Dina Dreyfus (Inspector of the Academy in Paris) Interviewer: Alain Badiou Participant: Michel Foucault 01:26 What is psychology? Psychology as a cultural form; philosophy as the more general cultural form. 10:13 Discovery of the unconscious --More info on Michel Foucault https://sociologiac.net/tag/michel-fo... (Spanish)