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    Michel Foucault on Discourse

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    Discourse: based on ideas of Michel Foucault‚ discourse theory refers to the idea that the terms in which we speak‚ write and think about the world are a reflection of wider relations of power‚ and since they are also linked to practise‚ are themselves important in maintaining that power structure In the Order of Things (1970) Foucault focuses on fields of knowledge‚ such as economics‚ or natural history and the conventions according to which they were classified and represented in particular

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    The chapter of Panopticism is based on the society based system of discipline and punishment. It was stated by Foucault that the idea first derived from the a plagued town and later influenced Bentham. Panopticism is a system of observation and and laws or regulations that maintain order within a designated area. The action of punishment is issued to those who break the rules. It uses a variety of staff to monitor multiple subjects within the enclosed area. The staff also sometimes provide various

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    Micheal Milken

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    Michael Milken is an American financier and philanthropist. He is noted for his role in the development of the market for high-yield bonds‚ for his conviction following a guilty plea on felony charges for violating U.S. Securities laws‚ and for his charitable giving. Michael Milken is named one of the ’75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century’ by Esquire magazine. In 1982‚ Milken and his brother Lowell founded the Milken Family Foundation to support medical research and education. Through

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    Michel Foucault and Pp

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    Architecture‚ London: Thames & Hudson‚ pp. 256-75. 720.108 FOR Koolhaas‚ R. (2001) Junk space: The Debris of Modernization’‚ in C.J. Chung et al. (eds)‚ The Harvard Design School Guide to Shopping‚ Köln: Taschen‚ 408-21 POWER / POLITICS Foucault‚ M. (1995) ‘Panopticism’‚ in Discipline and Punish‚ New York: Vintage‚ pp. 195-228. Forty‚ A. (1995) 364.60944 FOU Being or Nothingness: Private Experience and Public Architecture in Post War Britain’‚ Architectural History‚ vol. 38‚ pp. 25-35 NATURE

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    foucault and las meninas

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    Foucault ’s Las Meninas and art-historical methods. Michel Foucault ’s study of Velazquez ’s Las Meninas (1) was first published in the volume Les Mots et les choses in 1966 which was followed‚ in 1970‚ by the English translation titled The Order of Things. In "Las Meninas"‚ which is the title of the opening chapter of The Order of Things‚ Foucault focused on the artwork itself as though it were before him‚ describing in extraordinary detail what he saw. His seemingly unobtrusive actions--looking

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    Foucault- Truth and Power

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    the truth also changes. It means‚ Foucault’s discourse is related to the production of any information that provides knowledge. Once the discourse is created‚ knowledge about some aspect of life is provided. Thus knowledge helps create truth. But‚ Foucault himself admits that such truth is neither true nor false.     The power is generated in society by producing the discourses‚ and by constructing truths. Such power is creative. Marxist power is just political and economic whereas Foucauldian power

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    | Panopticism; Michel Foucault’s Ingenious Theory PHL 101 Issues in Philosophy | A French philosopher‚ Michel Foucault developed the theory Panopticism and is explained in his book‚ Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. Foucault was able to erect this theory based off of Jeremy Bentham’s idea of a panopticon. A panopticon is a circular structured building with a watchtower on top‚ emitting light from all directions. It lies in the middle of a wider circular area‚ enabling

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    the following focal points‚ panopticism‚ scoptophilic instincts‚ and visual pleasure. First‚ the analysis will examine panopticism in relation to embedded “secret politics” within the film‚ The Day I Became a Woman. Second‚ the analysis will compare both scoptophilic instinct with visual pleasure. In Chapter Five‚ Panopticism‚ which appears in Visual Culture: the reader‚ Michel Foucault explores the‚ “generalized model of functioning”‚ when defining panopticism. Foucault describes the plague which

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    Student I.D. 25822123 3. Foucault in Contemporary Theories Our bodies are connected to essentially all aspects of our lives. We utilize them to survive and function on a biological and social level. It is no wonder there is abundance of theories concerning embodiment. One key philosopher that has influenced theories concerning embodiment is Michel Foucault. By putting the body into focus‚ he has decompartmentalized power dynamics concerning the body‚ state‚ and society. He suggests power does not

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    Foucault on Authorship

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    What Is an Author? Michel Foucault‚ 1969 The coming into being of the notion of "author" constitutes the privileged moment of individualization in the history of ideas‚ knowledge‚ literature‚ philosophy‚ and the sciences. Even today‚ when we reconstruct the history of a concept‚ literary genre‚ or school of philosophy‚ such categories seem relatively weak‚ secondary‚ and super imposed scansions in comparison with the solid and fundamental unit of the author and the work. I shall not offer here a

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