Abstract
Both Hegel and Marx believe that non-Western world is not the natural
part of dialectical process as non-Western cultures don‘t seem to take part
in the process of historical development. So, the only way to turn the nonWestern as Western and vice versa is through an arbitrary process as might
have serious implications. Foucault also believes that discourse developing
within the Western civilization does not follow rules shared by all
civilizations. The Western discourse is not the result of practical necessity,
but of some historical rules called historical ‗a priori‖ only operative in the
Western civilization. Modern historical a priori characterized by Foucault
as ―man‖, is providing order to the things in the West. ―Man‖ conceived as
a pre-requisite for contemporary Western discourse has its implications.
This argument runs through The Order of Things. However, we also find
an internal problem within Foucault‘s presentation which at the end
provides a new platform for interpreting Foucault within the Foucaultian
paradigm, with reference to the new notion of Western civilization. This
gives a glimpse of hope for mutual transformation of the Western and the
non-Western civilizations.
Dr. Zulfiqar Ali. (2011) Scope of Mutual Transformation of Western and NonWestern Civilizations in Foucault‟s Analysis, Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization, Volume 1, Issue 1.
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