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December 2001 'But then, what is philosophy today - philosophical activity, I mean - if it is not the critical work of thought on itself? And if it does not consist in the endeavour of knowing how and to what extent it might be possible to think differently, rather than legitimating what is already known? There is always something ludicrous in philosophical discourse when it tries, from the outside, to dictate to others, to tell them where their truth is and how to find it, or when it presumes to give them naively positivistic instruction. But it is its right to explore what might be changed, in its own thought, through the practice of a knowledge that is foreign to it. Michel Foucault. (1992) [1984]. November 2001 'For some people, writing a book is always taking a risk, for example the risk of not finishing it. Michel Foucault. (1994) [1984]. October 2001 'The problem of Islam as a political force is an essential problem for our time and for the years to come. ..' September 2001 July 2001
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Symbolic interactionists
strong reading: Michel Foucault - The Order of Things - Part 1
The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences by Michel Foucault. Original Title: Les Mots et les choses [words and things]. Published in French in 1966, and in English in 1970. I feel a little stuck trying to summarize this book. On the one hand, there is a vast amount of very specific information about some very important things. On the other hand, one could basically sum up his point in a couple of sentences, do a few of those clapping/sliding of hands together things they do in the movies when there is something dramatically dusty that needed finishing being finished, and be done with it. So, I’m going to try to do a combo chapter-by-chapter kind of a thing as well as a sort of a bullet-pointed highlights reel/ talking points list. Main Keywords/ Themes: Order: Archaeology: The archaeological level of investigation is the level of thinking in a project which is concerned with what made something possible (Foucault, 31). Resemblance: Episteme: Secondary Keywords/ Themes: Preface:
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Social constructionists and sexuality
Michel Foucault’s Controversial Life and Philosophy Explored in a Revealing 1993 Documentary
Michel Foucault’s colorful life and hugely influential work were both struggles against limitation—the limits of language, of social structures and stultifying historical identities. As such, he managed to provoke scholars of every possible persuasion, since he called into question all positive programs—the ancient imperial, feudal, and liberal humanist—while steadfastly refusing to replace them with comprehensive alternative systems. And yet systems, social institutions of power and domination, were precisely the problem in Foucault’s estimation. Through his technique of raiding archives to produce an “archaeology of knowledge,” Foucault showed how every institution is shot through with what William E. Connolly calls “arbitrary… systemic cruelty.” You can find Michel Foucault: Beyond Good and Evil listed in our collection, 1,150 Free Movies Online: Great Classics, Indies, Noir, Westerns, etc.. via Critical Theory Related Content:
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BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, Michel Foucault
Libros de Michel Foucault digitalizados y listos para descargar (Biblioteca Pijama Surf)
Michel Foucault fue uno de los pensadores más importantes del siglo XX, alguien a quien podría caracterizarse como teórico del poder, un iconoclasta que supo señalar los mecanismos sutiles por los cuales la dominación, la sujeción, la corrección, la disciplina, la vigilancia y otras manifestaciones del control funcionan en nuestra vida, individual y socialmente, incluso o sobre todo ahí donde menos presentes los creemos. Las ideas de Foucault han tenido eco especialmente en disciplinas como la sociología y la historia y, en menor medida, en la ciencia política y la teoría literaria, un abanico un tanto amplio que da cuenta, por un lado, de la curiosidad intelectual del francés pero sobre todo de su fidelidad a un puñado de aspectos o fenómenos de la vida social. Sin más, compartimos a continuación estos libros en formato PDF, encontrados en diversos sitios de Internet, de un autor de lectura imprescindible. Historia de la locura en la época clásica I Raymond Roussel Las palabras y las cosas
Foucault’s Responsibility
The question of the welfare state’s role in a capitalist society is a complex one. Of course, depending on the context, it can serve to contain social contestation, to limit movements of radical transformation, even to reproduce certain quite conservative social structures (especially regarding race or gender roles). The welfare state is obviously the result of a compromise between social classes. It is not, therefore, a question of “stopping there,” but, on the contrary, of understanding that the welfare state can be the point of departure for something new. My problem with Michel Foucault, then, is not that he seeks to “move beyond” the welfare state, but that he actively contributed to its destruction, and that he did so in a way that was entirely in step with the neoliberal critiques of the moment. His objective was not to move towards “socialism,” but to be rid of it. Did Foucault Ask “Some of the Right Questions?” Yet this phrase is not an isolated statement. Thus, as A.W. 1.
Michel Foucault: la máxima aspiración del poder es la inmortalidad - 21.09.2012 - lanacion.com
¿Por qué usted, sin ser antropólogo, se interesa más, desde un punto de vista filosófico, en la estructura de las instituciones que en los mecanismos evolutivos? -Lo que trato de hacer -y siempre traté de hacer desde mi primer verdadero libro, Historia de la locura en la época clásica- es poner en tela de juicio por medio de un trabajo intelectual diferentes aspectos de la sociedad, mostrando sus debilidades y sus límites. De todas maneras, mis libros no son proféticos y tampoco un llamado a las armas. -La palabra clave de todos sus libros parece ser "poder", ya se lo entienda en el sentido de poder disciplinario, poder de la medicina mental o poder omnipotente de la pulsión sexual? -Está claro, procuré definir las estrategias del poder en ciertos ámbitos. -¿Y qué podemos hacer? -No sólo crítico, usted es, además, un rebelde. -Pero no un rebelde activo. -Ahora usted es aclamado como el lógico sucesor de Sartre? -Sartre no tiene sucesores, así como yo no tengo predecesores. -¿Y por qué no?
