single mothers‚ defrocked priests‚ prostitutes and those living on welfare. This would be a new edict if Foucault’s concept of biopower were to be put into practice. Biopower is defined by the French scholar‚ historian‚ and social theorist‚ Michel Foucault‚ as institutional control over life and death of the human species particularly those who were deemed to be “socially unproductive or disruptive”. He has argued that it is a long-term result of the 17th century Cartesian mechanization of nature
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Butler and Foucault The ideas of Foucault can be seen as an influence on Butler in a number of ways. The most important of these is Foucault’s treatment of power and its relation to the body and sexuality as well as his identification of the body as the central target of power. As Butler is trying to prove that gender and sex differences are a social construct‚ the idea that those in power as well as society can shape our perceptions of our bodies and sexuality would be appealing to use. However
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TMA 02 – Learning Contract Possible Learning Topics In regards to possible learning topics‚ I have been trying to decide between two choices; Self and Career Management‚ and Influence and Persuasion. This conflict has arisen for a couple of reasons. Firstly‚ I and P is key in my paid work role‚ and is a key transferable skill that can be applied to a number of situations. However‚ I do believe that S and C Management may be one of the most effective topics to study‚ in relation to both my paid
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According to Foucault‚ the primary difference between Bentham’s Panopticon and the "disciplinary mechanism" of panopticism is that the Panopticon is a physical architectural utopia in which discipline is enforced and panopticism enforces discipline invisibly‚ without a physical‚ palpable presence. The idea of panopticism was refined in Bentham’s vision of the Panopticon‚ but true panopticism grew from this imaginary institution. Since man wrote his first law ‚ principles of power and discipline have
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approach to negotiating ’shared space’‚ Chapter 7 argues that‚ as Foucault shows‚ social order tends to be specified by experts within particular historical discursive frameworks. Although both Buchanan and Monderman were important in their own right‚ their ideas were developed and taken up within particular contexts that ’authorised’ their development (made their ideas seems appropriate and fitting to the needs of the time). Foucault claims that expert discourses‚ established by those with power and
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TMA 01 Question 1a The method that has worked for me or I have found it easy to taking notes is that I read the material thoroughly from beginning to end highlighting important words or phrases and then I read through it again to make sure that I have understood. I then transfer or write up the notes using bullet points into my notebook. 1b Geek to Live: How to deal with Internet Meanies Reacting to Internet Meanies in the heat of the moment‚ can intense things to a meaningless and
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TMA 2 – Part A: Question 1: 1700x12=£20400 16827/12=£1402.25 1700/100=17x2=34+1700=£1734 1734x12=£20808 17104/12=£1425.33 1402.25x6=£8413.50 1425.33x6=£8551.98+£8413.50=£16965.48/12=£1413.79. Piper’s average net monthly income over one year would be £1413.79. Net income Average month £ per month. Earnings:
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TMA 5 – Report on the wellbeing of children Statement of Ethical Consideration I confirm that I am currently meeting the pre-requisites for E105 as set out in the pre-registration information for students and have a valid Agreement with Confirmer Form(s). For this TMA I have only used material drawn from the setting(s) identified on my employer Permission Agreement Form(s). In this TMA I have adhered to the E105 ethical guidance by: * Gaining permission from my setting to include and analysis
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1/17/13 Philosophy Kant & Foucault Both Kant and Foucault present a question of what is enlightenment? According to Immanuel Kant enlightenment was man’s freedom from his “self-incurred immaturity”. Kant believes that all that is needed to reach enlightenment is freedom. Enlightenment could not be achieved by any one person‚ we have to do so as a community. Kant said that we should have the freedom to make public use of our reason in all situations. He also believed that revolution is a
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way to gain the security a school would like. While the two do not seem like they would be similar in any way‚ schools and prisons have huge similarities. “In each of its applications‚ it makes it possible to perfect the exercise of power.” (Foucault 293). One of the main ideas that the panopticon is supposed to portray is a sort of architecture for power. What this means is that when a facility‚ such as a prison‚ school‚ or any kind of building for that matter‚ is built in a panoptic way; it
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