related to power relation and domination by Michel Foucault might be applied into the poem of ‘Barbie Doll´ by Marge Piercy. Clearly could be seen‚ the victim from the poem are exactly a woman. While she’s only a kid‚ the topic of Mass’ Construction is strongly applied into the theme and atmosphere of the poem. As Michel Foucault stated in his ‘Power/Knowledge’‚ the stronger one person the bigger his position to influence the weaker opposites. For Michel Foucault it is through discourse (through knowledge)
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in understanding contemporary British fiction‚ I will be using the example of ‘Sexing The Cherry’ written by Jeanette Winterson. The works that can be closely linked with this novel first published in 1989 are those of theorist and historian Michel Foucault. His ideas on sexuality mirror the ideas of sexuality used in Sexing The Cherry (Winterson. J 1989‚ 47-60). Postmodernism affects the way that we read a text‚ but why is that more important than reading a text for its own individual merit. Postmodernism
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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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Brad Wartman Professor John McGlothlin Eng-W 131 22 October 2011 Microtheme 4 The panoptic schema makes any apparatus of power more intense… It is a way of obtaining from power (Foucault 161). Foucault states that the Panopticon is set up in a way that a prisoner is forced to be self-discipline. The Panopticon is a building set up like a tower in the center with windows. “The Panopticon is a machine for dissociating the see/being seen dyad…one is totally seen‚ without being ever seen; in
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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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than an emerging paradigm. The article gives insight into the discourse analytic research in selected countries‚ discusses the internationalisation of FOUCAULTian discourse analysis and highlights current trends and perspectives. Key words: Michel Foucault‚ Foucaultian discourse analysis‚ discourse analysis‚ field‚ paradigm Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. The FOUCAULTian Conception of Discourse and FOUCAULTian Discourse Analysis 3. Structures and Positions in the Field of FOUCAULTian
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8/15/13 (2) A Foucaultian approach to gender and administrative ethics - Decat & Scheepers | sarah scheepers - Academia.edu 2 Search People‚ Research Interests and Universities Home Analytics Tamatam Siddareddy Upload Papers A Foucaultian approach to gender and administrative ethics - Decat & Scheepers more by sarah scheepers Share Download (.pdf) Decat_Scheepers.pdf 132 KB 31 Hide Sidebar www.academia.edu/2486416/A_Foucaultian_approach_to_gender_and_administrative_ethics_-_Decat_and_Scheepers
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relationship between historical and textual is in Shakespeare’s play‚ and how it is almost impossible to study the play outside its social context. I will pay particular focus on New Historicisms substantial emphasis on ideas of power and consider Michel Foucault’s essay ‘Discipline and Punish’ in order to analyse one of the key issues of the play; Petruchio’s treatment of Katharina and how his actions may be interpreted. I will also explore the play from a Feminism perspective‚ and consider the
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of surveillance since this idea is principally understood through the lenses of Michel Foucault’s “Panopticism”. In the 1970s‚ the latter wrote a book titled “Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison”. Built on Bentham’s Prison Panopticon‚ he reconstructed the architecture of a Panopticon into a social theory that depicts an all-seeing party/organization that has the capacity to observe anyone‚ anytime (Foucault‚ 1977). He then extended this theory into parts of Western societies to scrutinize
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beautiful totality of the individual is amputated‚ repressed‚ altered by our social order‚ it is rather that the individual is carefully fabricated in it‚ according to a whole technique of forces and bodies. (pp.333-34)" In the essay‚ Panopticism‚ by Michel Focault‚ he makes the argument that we live in a society of "surveillance". Meaning that our society is based on amalgamation of "forces and bodies" all of which act to create the individual. It is principally this surveillance which forms the basis
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