Heteronormativity K 1NC A. Links: 1. The politics of space are profoundly gendered – the discourse of exploration‚ development‚ and colonization reproduce heteronormative hierarchies and ensure the continuation of patriarchy in space. Griffin 9 (Penny‚ Senior Lecturer - Convenor‚ MA International Relations‚ ‘The Spaces Between Us: The Gendered Politics of Outer Space’‚ in Bormann‚ N. and Sheehan‚ M. (eds)‚ Securing Outer Space. London and New York: Routledge‚ pp.59-75.) This chapter is about
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though they are the offspring of Foucault’s work (Hier 2003; Coleman & McCahill 2011; Haggerty et al. 2011; Welch 2011). Governmentality is also another neo-Foucauldian inspired workings. Although Foucault did not explicitly discuss governmentality‚ it is still something developed from the works of Foucault. Governmentality is a way analyzing the methods in which institutions manage and control people made to behave in a certain way in an efficient‚ subtle and more sophisticated manner (Newburn 2012
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Consequently‚ different theorists have developed models to showcase their thoughts on the true meaning of sexuality. Some theorists subscribe to similar schools of thought‚ while others take vastly different approaches. One such view is presented by Michel Foucault in The History of Sexuality‚ Volume 1: An Introduction‚ which garnered mixed reviews. While Foucault’s theory provides a basis for understanding sexuality‚ his stance overlooks some of the intricacies that are necessary for an inclusive comprehension
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The social theorist‚ Michel Foucault was a firm believer that knowledge is power and with that he believed that knowledge derives from power. He exemplifies this with his second type of theory on punishment‚ “Disciplinary Power”‚ where he states that punishment is no longer about torturing but instead it is about control‚ training and education. With that‚ he uses Jeremy Bentham’s design of a building called the “Panopticon”‚ a disciplinary machine. It is a building with a tower at the center for
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work‚ Foucault establishes the trend of using power as a sort of political technology over the human body. According to Foucault‚ power relations transcend every facet of society‚ and are not simply localized in those relations between citizens and the government. Power must be aligned closely with the concept of knowledge. Basically‚ there is no power relation without a sort of constitution of knowledge‚ or any sort of knowledge not inferring to or allowing for power relations (Foucault‚ 27).
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Situated Knowledge and Power Essay #3 Michele Foucault said “modern forms of power are discursive and discreet.” He believed that power is crafted through language and the practices in which language is entrenched. Donna Haraway‚ like Foucault‚ thinks about power in a post-structuralist way‚ believing that it exist everywhere and shapes our reality. Both Foucault and Haraway see knowledge as a form of power‚ through knowledge institutions are able to control and define what truth is. Haraway
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As society evolves through time‚ concepts and perceptions in relation to the construction of deviance are altered as new cultural customs are installed; and when analyzing such topic‚ two different approaches can be analyzed. To a functionalist approach‚ Emile Durkheim argues that deviance is bound to occur through an individual’s experience with freedom‚ once norms developed are distinct in different societies. Conjunctively‚ the sociologist argued that deviance is necessary for a successful society
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transformation from the ‘public spectacle’ form of punishment‚ to the modern penal system is an innovative shift for contemporary power (albeit‚ dressed as humanitarianism). It shifts the location of power public displays to the internal‚ social body (Foucault 1977‚ p.171). In times of corporeal‚ public punishment‚ the aim of the highly public display was to punish‚ almost avenge against‚ the criminal. It was a visual display of power from the monarch to the people. Foucault’s analysis‚ however‚ indicates
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The Dumb Waiter‚ is about power relation‚ and the presence of the discipline power by observation is undeniable in it. Gus and Ben learn they are under the non- verbal gaze of the unseen power that controls their attitudes and behaviours. In a system of total surveillance‚ just a gaze is enough to control‚ dominate others and holds power over them. The mysterious and controlling character‚ Wilson command‚ controls and directs their lives and actions despite the lack of any direct contact. In a power
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However‚ a docile body must first be defined in accordance with the facilitation of this conditioning of docility that Foucault describes. According to Foucault (1977)‚ a docile body is‚ a “body that is manipulated‚ shaped‚ trained‚ which obeys‚ responds‚ becomes skillful and increases its forces” (pp. 136). To clarify‚ from a Foucauldian perspective‚ bodies (or individuals) become docile
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