contradiction‚” to put it simply‚ Habermas and his supporters claim that Foucault’s Genealogical Framework to be self- defeating as it does not render the very claim that Foucault suggests immune from his own method of writing history. According to Habermas‚ Foucault’s own project cannot account for its own claims to truth because for Foucault‚ any form of knowledge is influenced by power. I shall go against this charge made by Habermas. I will show that Habermas’ charge of “performative contradiction”
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Michael Foucault’s work‚ a renowned French philosopher‚ has greatly influenced the study of politics. He began his career as a Marxist and went on to research about sociologically and politically valuable data. In 1961‚ for his doctoral thesis‚ Foucault wrote his first major work called the “The History of Madness.” In this book‚ he gives a historical account of a constitution (as he calls it) of experiences of madness ranging from the 15th to the 19th century in Europe. It involves studying effects
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There are many theories and arguments that have been discussed and discoursed throughout history about sexuality. Many names and topics have been argued‚ confirmed‚ and denied dealing with the norms of hetero/homo sexuality. Ideologies of Michele Foucault‚ Judith Butler‚ Alfred Kinsey‚ and Cornel West have major theories behind different types of sexuality‚ all in which either agree or disagree with each other‚ that all of their theories and thoughts of sexuality play a significant role in shaping
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Question 2B – Essay Plan. Foucault‚ Rubin and Butler. Foucault and discourse. • Michael Foucault (926-84)‚ philosopher‚ historian and activist was one of the most influential of thinkers whose work is generally categorised as poststructuralist. • Foucault was a gay man who died of AIDS in 198‚ after his death his life and work were subject to a series of attacks which claiming to seek the ‘truth’ of Foucault work. • His work and life‚ achievements and demonization’s‚ have made him a powerful
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“What is an Author?” Summary Foucault begins his essay by introducing the essence of an author as an individualization of many different fields including knowledge‚ sciences‚ literature‚ etc. Without addressing anything directly‚ he focuses right on the relationship between an author and a text‚ regarding that the text points toward the author as a figure who has created and is on the exterior of the text. Foucault begins his thesis with a quote by Beckett to summarize the theme of his essay
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Foucauldian Studies and HRM Chenchen Liu Abstract When discussing and analyzing the nature of human resource management‚ Foucault‚ who not studying HRM‚ gives us much space to think about HRM in different ways. His theory on discourse‚ power and knowledge greatly influence the studies on HRM. This paper will follow Foucauldian studies on HRM‚ discussing three contributions Foucauldianism studies on HRM including HRM as discourse‚ HRM and
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Michel Foucault ’s Archaeology of Knowledge While Michel Foucault ’s work has always been about the nature of power in society‚ his more particular concern has been with power ’s relationship to the discursive formations in society that make knowledge possible. Power here is not the conventional power of institutions and leaders‚ but the "capillary" modes of power that controls individuals and their knowledge‚ the mechanisms by which power "reaches into the very grain of individuals‚ touches
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Michel Foucault presents a challenging read in the book‚ Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. Foucault explains how punishment has changed over time from a corporal‚ physical punishment to a punishment that is targeted at souls. Foucault walks the reader though how the disciplinary and penal system has changed as the body was discovered as an object and target of power. Foucault begins this book by recounting the fate of a man called Damien the regicide‚ who attempted to assassinate
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develops sexuality? Is it the innate sexual desires for the opposite sex‚ or social experiences where media‚ family and religion interfere? I will focus in this essay on Michel Foucault‚ Adrienne Rich and Catherine Mackinnon who all indicate that sexuality is socially constructed but argue on the source of construction. While Foucault believes that sexuality is historically constructed by genderless power‚ knowledge and discourse; Mackinnon assumes that sexuality constitutes gender and is a social construct
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citizens life is carefully observed by a greater power than themselves. Author Michel Foucault of the essay “Panopticism” discusses this problem of power and discipline and how we see it in our every day social society. Michael Foucault begins his discussion by talking about a place where militia rules over the citizens and there
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