The Structure of Foucault’s „The Order of Discourse“

This is an attempt to outline the structure of Michel Foucault’s inaugural lecture „The Order of Discourse“ at the Collège de France on December 2, 1970.

1. Introduction
2. Rules of Discourse
   1. Exclusion
      • Prohibition
      • Division of Madness
      • Will to Truth
   2. Limitation
      • Commentary
      • Author Function
      • Disciplines
   3. Appropriation
      • Rarefaction
3. Reality of Discourse
   1. Against Logocentrism
   2. Methodological Demands
      • Reversal
      • Discontinuity
      • Specificity
      • Exteriority
   3. Historiography
      • Series
      • Events
4. Research Program
   1. Criticism
   2. Genealogy
5. Eulogy for Jean Hyppolite