Philip Kretsedemas Publishes Foundational Essay on the Genealogical Method in Inaugural Issue of Genealogy

Philip Kretsedemas Reimagines Genealogy as a Critical Method in Social Thought, Bridging History, Power, and Cultural Transformation

BOSTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / May 14, 2025 /Scholar and theorist Philip Kretsedemas was inaugural editor-in-chief for the interdisciplinary open access journal Genealogy. In his inaugural role, Phil established the vision for the journal, which expanded on its original focus on the study of family genealogies to include theory and research that uses genealogy as an epistemological method for examining a diverse array of social and cultural processes.

This vision is reflected in the editorial essay, What is Genealogy? that Phil wrote for the inaugural issue of the journal which discusses the relationship between family genealogy, the Foucauldian and Darwinian genealogical method, genealogies of human right and other topics which are all addressed, in more depth, in the contents of that inaugural issue.

In the piece, Kretsedemas argues that genealogy is not simply a retrospective mapping of origins, but a disruptive, future-oriented methodology that exposes the contingent and constructed nature of truth. Drawing on influences from Nietzsche, Foucault, Rousseau, and contemporary science studies, the essay underscores genealogy 's power to intervene in dominant narratives and produce new forms of cultural agency.

Originally published while Kretsedemas was a professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston, the essay is now receiving renewed recognition for its prescience and relevance amid contemporary debates around race, identity, and knowledge systems. His writing has helped establish the journal Genealogy as a critical venue for interdisciplinary scholarship.

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