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    Panopticism

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    beautiful totality of the individual is amputated‚ repressed‚ altered by our social order‚ it is rather that the individual is carefully fabricated in it‚ according to a whole technique of forces and bodies. (pp.333-34)" In the essay‚ Panopticism‚ by Michel Focault‚ he makes the argument that we live in a society of "surveillance". Meaning that our society is based on amalgamation of "forces and bodies" all of which act to create the individual. It is principally this surveillance which forms the basis

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    studied with radical philosophers during his time as a student in school and later on began working as a Professor at the University of Toulouse in 1936. Canguilhem’s thinking inspired many other famous philosophers that are well known today‚ including Michel Foucault. Although he was obviously an important figure‚ he is not as well known as those he has inspired. Canguilhem wrote a book titled “The Normal and the Pathological.” This book is divided into two parts‚ the first debuted in 1966 and the second

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    Pets can offer us unconditional love that none of our family can provide‚ and they can be a substantial part of us if we learn how to interact with them‚ how to handle them‚ and how to treat them as our own. In the book written by Alexandra Horowitz‚ she states that‚ “Part of what we love about the dogs who occupy the exalted‚ final position is that they are unlike the rest of our family” (5). Especially dogs‚ they can bring incredible and astonishing benefits to our well-being‚ and emotional difficulties

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    According to the author Alexandra Horowitz‚ in her book titled “Our Dogs‚ Ourselves‚” she says‚ “Part of what we love about the dogs who occupy the exalted‚ final position is that they are unlike the rest of our family (5).” Pets can offer us unconditional love that none of our family can provide‚ and they can be a substantial part of us if we learn how to interact with them‚ how to handle them‚ and how to treat them as our own. They can bring incredible and astonishing benefits to our well-being

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    According to the author Alexandra Horowitz‚ in her book titled “Our Dogs‚ Ourselves‚” she says‚ “Part of what we love about the dogs who occupy the exalted‚ final position is that they are unlike the rest of our family (5).” Pets can offer us unconditional love that none of our family can provide‚ and they can be a substantial part of us if we learn how to interact with them‚ how to handle them‚ and how to treat them as our own. They can bring incredible and astonishing benefits to our well-being

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    foucault and las meninas

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    Foucault ’s Las Meninas and art-historical methods. Michel Foucault ’s study of Velazquez ’s Las Meninas (1) was first published in the volume Les Mots et les choses in 1966 which was followed‚ in 1970‚ by the English translation titled The Order of Things. In "Las Meninas"‚ which is the title of the opening chapter of The Order of Things‚ Foucault focused on the artwork itself as though it were before him‚ describing in extraordinary detail what he saw. His seemingly unobtrusive actions--looking

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    Freedom of Information

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    Juan dela Cruz has yet to recover from the furor brought about by the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill‚ and now comes another bill that will excite his thoughts once more. The proposed Freedom of Information or FOI Bill has been getting a piece of the news recently‚ and debates won’t end‚ not until the bill is passed by the lawmakers down in the Lower Chamber. The Right to Facts Article III Section VII of the 1987 Constitution reads: “The right of the people to information on matters

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    Panopticism

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    Robin Relosa Abby Orenstein Panopticism Summary In Michel Foucault’s (1975) excerpt‚ Panopticism he states that the development of discipline in the 18th and 19th centuries came from he emergence of prison as the form of punishment for every crime. During these times the major crimes committed were from the French Revolution and the major riots and civil unrest in the French society. In these prisons the Panopticon puts the inmates in a different state in which each one is there own separate

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    Girl, Interrupted

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    time of intense interaction with people and ideas. It is a time of passionate friendships and experimentation.” (468) Applying this concept to Girl‚ Interrupted unveils that psychosocial moratorium is essential to finding his or hers’ identity. In Michel Foucault’s “Panopticon‚” discipline further shows what is vital in finding his or hers’ true identity. Through psychosocial moratorium and discipline is where someone will find his or hers’ identity. In two specific scenes from Girl‚ Interrupted

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    Throughout my life‚ I have come across and read many pieces that I do not agree with. That isn’t very surprising to most people. One of the least boring texts that I have come across is titled‚ “The Myth of Justice” written by Michael Dorris. The paper is basically exactly about what the title says‚ whether or not justice is a myth. Even if someone were to skim through the reading briefly‚ they would be able to catch the gist of what he is trying to say. Dorris goes to extreme lengths to convey that

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