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German term or phrase:	Episteme
English translation:	episteme
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08:56 Nov 28, 2005

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Social Sciences - Philosophy

German term or phrase: Episteme

Context:
"Die Mitglieder der Gruppe stammen aus den Fächern Kunstgeschichte, Germanistik, Film- und Theaterwissenschaft. Sie sind durch das Forschungsinteresse an den ästhetischen und medialen Umwertungen verbunden, welche die Effekte und Erscheinungen von Oberflächen rund um die bürgerliche *Episteme* der Tiefe erfahren haben."

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episteme

Explanation:
...rather more than a paradign. See e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episteme

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Note added at 7 mins (2005-11-28 09:04:22 GMT)
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-paradign + paradigm

"Foucault uses the term épistème to refer to the total set of relations within a particular historical period uniting the discursive practices which generate its epistemologies." From ""Semiotics for Beginners" at
http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B/sem-gloss.html

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