Erving Goffman’s ‘dramaturgical approach’ to social interaction‚ and Judith Butler’s understandings of gender as performativity‚ using various academic sources. Both these two theorists view gender as a kind of performance. Performance as an explanation of the self or identity is an interactionist idea‚ which was first put forward by Erving Goffman
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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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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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made him reign for a long period of time‚ the negative application of force still manifested on the different dimensions of his government‚ which triggered the people to protest and make an action against. The task of right government which is the social order has vanished in the latter part of his term. The relationship and orientation of things folded into chaos. People‚ eventually seek for a new reform‚ a reformation that will lead them somehow to the ideal city‚ a place where peace‚ truth‚ equality
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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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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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Mental Illness Social Anxiety Disorder Social Anxiety Disorder is characterized as a mental illness in which a person is diagnosed with having thoughts of uncertainty about how they will behave in present and future social gatherings. People who suffer from this mental illness usually worry about future events and the manner in which their behavior will be viewed by other individuals. The fear of socializing causes people who suffer from this mental illness to shy away from speaking and participating
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Social Anxiety Disorder 1 Running Head: LIVING WITH SOCIAL ANXIETY Social Anxiety Disorder Amy McCormick Louisiana Delta Community College Psychology 101 Robinson December 7‚ 2005 Social Anxiety Disorder 2 Social Anxiety Disorder is the world ’s third largest mental health problem which affects over seven percent of the world ’s population. Social Anxiety is the fear and anxiety one has in a social situation‚ or the feeling of being judged by other people in public. It can
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English 102 – JC Clapp Questions for Thought and Discussion “Panopticism‚” by Michel Foucault Directions: Use these study questions to help you think about the article in a variety of ways. Use these questions to test yourself! 1. According to Foucault‚ how were plague-stricken societies organized to combat the plague’s deadly effects? Describe the key features necessary to combat the plague. What are the benefits or organizing society in these ways? What are the limitations?
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