post-positivistic‚ post-modern analysis of reality. Hopefully‚ such analysis will also be useful in analyzing other concepts pertinent to environmental issues. To approach this alternative view‚ I will outline the concept of discourse as formulated by Michel Foucault‚ summarize the views and extensions of
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Thomas Szasz (1920-2012) and Michel Foucault (1926-1984) are widely considered as the key figures when discussing contesting perspectives on modern psychiatry. Similarities can be drawn between Szasz and Foucault in general terms‚ in that they both believed that psychiatry was a product of pseudo-science. Both have criticisms on the limitations of psychiatry. Thomas Szasz‚ a psychiatrist‚ academic and author‚ has been a foundational figure for those who are strongly opposed to modern psychiatry.
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A clear definition of an author and how the author relates to the text is an issue that elicits debate among scholars‚ philosophers and researchers. John Crowe Ransom and Michel Foucault are two well-known critics who attempt to offer explanations of who an author is. Using their texts Criticism‚ Inc. and What is an Author‚ this essay aims at highlighting how these critics define the concept of an author and how each enhances our understanding of it. In Criticism‚ Inc. Ransom argues that proper
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civilisation 4 • Punishment 5 • The Body and Soul 5 Evaluation of Discipline and Punish 6 Conclusion 7 Introduction: M. Foucault. 1975. Discipline and Punish: The birth of the prison. New York: Random House Inc. Below is an in depth book review of Discipline and Punish‚ The Birth of the Prison. The author who compiled the analysis on this is Michel Foucault‚ whom provided enlightenment on many different aspects of sociology and philosophy- many which are still immensely relevant to societies
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which effectiveness can be explained using the views of the social theorists‚ Michel Foucault and Emile Durkheim. In the opinion of Foucault‚ he believes in using punishment as a political tactic. On the other hand‚ Durkheim believes punishment reaffirms the moral order. Comparing the two‚ the trend of supermax prisons for long-term solitary confinement is much better supported by Foucault than Durkheim. Foucault views this as an effective means of punishment towards those who broke the law. On the
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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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impression that sex was hardly spoken of at all in these institutions. But one only has to glance over the architectural layout‚ the rules of discipline‚ and their whole internal organization:the question of sex was a constant preoccupation.” (Foucault 27) In essence‚ the emphasis on sexuality was veiled but always there and became increasingly referenced as you examine these institutions more closely. The classes‚ dormitories‚ and even the tables were all designed with the sexuality of children
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the film‚ The Day I Became a Woman. Second‚ the analysis will compare both scoptophilic instinct with visual pleasure. In Chapter Five‚ Panopticism‚ which appears in Visual Culture: the reader‚ Michel Foucault explores the‚ “generalized model of functioning”‚ when defining panopticism. Foucault describes the plague which occurred in the seventieth century. In the attempt to control the outbreak of the plague‚ the town enforced strict isolation which is defined as disciplinary projects. “it called
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Foucault’s Pendulum In 1851‚ a French physicist named Jean-Bernard-Leon Foucault suspended an iron ball with a radius of approximately 0.5 feet from the ceiling of the Pantheon in Paris with a wire that was over 200 feet long. The ball was used as a pendulum‚ and it could swing more than 12 feet back and forth. Beneath the ball he placed a circular ring with sand on top of it. Attached to the bottom of the ball was a pin‚ which scraped away the sand in its path each time the ball went by. To get
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cells‚ each of which extends the whole width of the building; they have two windows‚ one on the inside‚ corresponding to the windows of the tower; the other‚ on the outside‚ allows the light to cross the cell from one end to the other.” (Foucault‚ 285) Foucault talks about the meaning of Panopticism‚ and how it works in our society. In fact‚ our toady’s world is even more panoptic than ever. In the first beginning of Foucault’s text‚ he explains what Panopticism is. He explains Bentham’s prison
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