Clearly Foucault’s later writings, such as “The subject and power” and the “Technologies of the self” lend themselves more easily to an interpretation of Foucault as by no means opposed to the idea of an acting subject.* His earlier writings, which focused more on language and discourse, at first glance seem to negate such acting […]
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First writing assignment
As you know, this week’s session has been postponed and will take place on June 3rd. However, you may want to use the time to get started on the first writing assignment. So here it is: With reference to the first texts discussed in the first three sessions, discuss ONE of the following statements. Resistance […]
The subject and power
Last Friday was our first real session and I greatly enjoyed the debate. Many questions remain open – and I will pose some of them next Monday in preparation of our next session. However, I did not want you to wait that long for a short recap of our session in the form of the […]
Setting the stage for the subject
One of the key questions to answer when doing political theory is the question of what or who these humans are whose political world shall be described. And that is not an easy feat. In Classical Aristotelian philosophy, humans – like the other objects of nature – are defined by an innate purpose, a telos. […]
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