Episteme

Literary/ Cultural Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)
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The Greek word for knowledge which under the influence of Michel Foucault is now used to designate the set of conceptual procedures which govern the production of knowledge at a particular moment in history. The word can therefore be glossed as meaning 'a way of making sense of the world'.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Episteme". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2001 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=348, accessed 23 November 2024.]

348 Episteme 2 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

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