Abstract
In this article we propose a research on the foucauldian definition of the role of philosophy as the construction of a diagnostic of the present. We sustain that the foucauldian thought on the diagnostic of the present incorporates some of his considerations on the modern language and literature. This appropriation is highlighted through the themes of the erase of one’s own face, the relation between language and death, and his article on Georges Bataille. In order to sustain this hypothesis of reading, we list a series of threads and displacements of ideas in texts published in different moments of his work, which suggest the existence of a literary dimension of the diagnostic. We conclude by presenting further ethical and political repercussions of all those considerations in some of his later works. So, we suggest that, from the part of Foucault, there might be a long dialog and appropriation of certain elements of the literary thought. These dialog and consideration can be found throughout his considerations on history and the functioning of his own books as books-experience.
Keywords:
Foucault; Diagnostics; Literature; Experience; Bataille