Hello mates, today I am going to talk about a subject I've enjoyed studying this semester. It is a subject about the french philosopher Michael Foucault.
Although I knew something of Foucault's work, the truth is that he had very general ideas about what he wrote. I started with some insecurity, especilly because the name of the subject seemed to be dense: Power and politics in Foucault.
In classes, the professor began explaining the trajectory of the work of the French author, starting with the "History of madness in the classical period", which was his doctoral work. Then we learned about the stages of this work, which are divided into three: archaeological, genealogical and ethical.
Each of these stages is very interesting becasuse they open new questions to the study of human sciences and knowledge. On the archaeological stage, the focus of the meaning changed to who enunciates that discourse; in genealogy, he ask about power and its relation to knowledge; and in ethics, new questions are opened about self-care and will.
While i learned the general framework of this philosopher, what I learned best is that I have a lot to read and study to understand it well!
A great philosopher very important for understand concepts like power, punish and violence. I enjoy reading his book... History of Sexuality.
ReplyDeleteA great philosopher very important for understand concepts like power, punish and violence. I enjoy reading his book... History of Sexuality.
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ReplyDeleteHello Diego, what an interesting course! Tell me in what program you took it please, philosophy? or social sciences? I am very interested in taking it for the next semester, although yes, I confess that I am afraid because Foucault is a monster of philosophy, but I also know that it is essential to understand the relations of power and the forms of production of knowledge among other subjects.
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