The Power of Superstition in Public Life in India Why are superstitions a part of public life in India? The modern mechanisms for risk-management or “disciplines” ranging from statistics to modern medicine exist side-by-side with superstitions in the country. The answer to why these disciplines have not penetrated into the pores of Indian society lies in the history of political power in India. It is difficult to use the word “superstition” without imagining quotation marks around it. For‚
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their particular usage. (Gibbins & Reimer‚ 1996‚ p. 8) As such‚ the meaning of “post” in this paper refers a “break from”‚ “opposition to”‚ “difference to and from” and a response to”. Works of Karl Marx and John Stuart Mill; Friedrich Nietzsche and Michel Foucault will prove that there is break between Modernity and Postmodernity. Modernity Modernity refers to a way of life and state of mind that experience progressive economic and administrative rationalization on which this processes
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The extent to which snooping is carried out‚ how it is encouraged and justified and how the information obtained is used‚ are all central to the novel’s theme. Michel Foucault’s theory of "panopticism" is synonymous with Virilio’s stance on snooping. Panopticism is an exercise of complete power in the name of discipline. The inmates of the peripheral cells are always being watched and observed by the “guard” in
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Michel-Rolph Trouillot’s was a Haitian historian and anthropologist. Trouillot uses anecdotes through 3 major historical events in history in this first chapter of his book. The Alamo‚ the Holocaust‚ and the significant events of U.S. slavery are all the narratives for which Trouillot assesses. Through these events he provides an analysis of actors‚ subjects and narrative. Trouillot argues that‚ “The vernacular use of the word history thus offers us a semantic ambiguity: an irreducible distinction
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Critically discuss Foucault’s notion of power and knowledge? Michel Foucault is the one of the first contemporary social theorists. Born in France‚ he was‚ like most sociologists of his time‚ involved when students heavily revolted against the people in power in May 1968.He was not only a sociologist‚ but also worked in a range of fields: history‚ philosophy and psychology. His key works include Madness and Civilisation (1961)‚ The Order of Things (1966)‚ Discipline and Punishment (1975) and
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Analysis: “Panopticism” and “Our Secret” In Michael Foucault’s reading on “Panopticism” he breaks down the social/economical systems and explains that society’s mentality on the law system. He answers the “why question” in a way certain individuals act and think as they do. Many times his explanation is much branched off into a different level of thinking. In one paragraph in “Panopticism”‚ a disciplinary mechanism is described‚ which is considered the best way for one person to be punished
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Forbidden Rebellion How is it possible that one force can rule over a group more than double its size? In Suzanne Collins’ novel‚ The Hunger Games‚ there are 12 districts of many people ruled by one force known as The Capitol. The country is run is a Marxist manner: The Capitol serves as the bourgeoisie of Panem‚ and the districts serve as the proletariat. The Capitol controls every move the districts make‚ punishes every act of rebellion‚ and kills off innocent people just to show their power
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Andy’s Gift The short story Andy’s Gift written by Michel Faber revolves around a man named Andrew. One morning he wakes up at a nursing home after five years as a “drooling imbecile”‚ because of a rare disease he had survived and made him loose his mind. The short story is about how he is reunited with his wife and children after he got his mind back‚ the changes and the things that had not changed in their everyday lives. Andy’s Gift shows how losing five years can influence one’s family‚ relationship
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Katarina Nalysnyk May 10‚ 2013 Block 5 Book Report The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracke Ruby Elizabeth Daly – I know that Ruby fears what her powers can do to the people she cares about and the people she doesn’t seem to care about. The first people she used her powers on were her parents‚ Jacob and Susan Daly. Ruby had kissed them on the forehead without realizing that she had erased her existence from their memories. When morning came she was a stranger to them and that’s when the PSF’s took
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Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Can the Subaltern Speak? An understanding of contemporary relations of power‚ and of the Western intellectual’s role within them‚ requires an examination of the intersection of a theory of representation and the political economy of global capitalism. A theory of representation points‚ on the one hand‚ to the domain of ideology‚ meaning‚ and subjectivity‚ and‚ on the other hand‚ to the domain of politics‚ the state‚ and the law. The original title of this paper was
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