Originally posted on Philosophical Naturalism:
“An experiment with a panoptic system would suffice to find out; different things could be taught to different children in different cells; we could teach no matter what to no matter which child, and we would see the result. In this way we could raise children in completely different systems,…
Michael Bibby, Selections from Foucault’s Lectures on ‘Security, Territory, Population’ at the College de France (1977-78) “Michel Foucault’s art consisted in using history to cut diagonally through contemporary reality. He could speak of Nietzsche or Aristotle, of expert psychiatric opinion or the Christian pastoral, but those who attended his lectures always took from what he …
Out of Unmündigkeit – Final Thoughts on Translating Kant on Enlightenment Extract from a post from James Schmidt’s blog Persistant Englightenment. Where Foucault Got it Right In opting for “exit” I allowed my reason to be guided by one particular discussion of Kant’s essay: that of Michel Foucault. In his Berkeley lecture on the question “What …
Originally posted on Philosophy for change:
This is the first instalment in a three-part series. Part 2. I tweet, therefore I become Part 3. The call of the crowd ——————————————- You start the day bleary-eyed and anxious. You stayed up late last night working on a post for your blog, gathering facts and memes from…
Via Stuart Elden’s blog Progressive Geographies The Funambulist blog has been running a series of posts on Foucault Episode 1: Michel Foucault’s Architectural Underestimation Episode 2: Do not Become Enamored of Power Episode 3: “Mon Corps, Topie Impitoyable” Episode 4: The cartography of power Episode 5: The political technology of the body Episode 6: Architecture and Discipline: the hospital Episode …
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