Thoughts on the Custom-House
Monday, February 27th, 2012
Sorry for the late post! After reading through some of your posts, I was glad to see that my recognition of the presence of the juridico-discursive model was shared…hopefully this means applying Foucault to our readings won’t be as impossible as I had imagined. I was particularly interested in the Custom-House section of this reading. […]
Thoughts on the Custom-House
Tags: Essentialist, Foucault, Identity, Social Constructionist, The Scarlet Letter
Posted in February 28, Whitney Porter | 1 Comment »
Shifting into Focus
Sunday, February 19th, 2012
After taking some time to digest all of the Foucault that we’ve taken in over the past few weeks (I must admit I’m still working on a lot of it) I’m particularly interested in the final section: Right of Death and Power Over Life. I am most interested in the way that this section helps […]
Shifting into Focus
Tags: Foucault, Power, Sexuality, The History of Sexuality
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But how can we talk about this in reality?
Monday, February 13th, 2012
After tackling the second half of Foucault and reading through Weeks’ and Norton’s essays, I feel convinced only that there are multiple approaches to the study of sexuality. There seems to be a general agreement that understanding the history/development of the social understanding of sexuality is key, but when the subject slips into biology and […]
But how can we talk about this in reality?
Tags: Foucault, Law, Power, The History of Sexuality, Weeks
Posted in February 14, Whitney Porter | 3 Comments »
Unexpected Power, Obsession and the Value of Confession
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
On Foucault’s, The History of Sexuality, I first have to mention how much I liked his style of writing. I feel that so many philosophical writers become entirely too entangled in their own “brilliant” opinions, and they fail to convey not only the overarching message of their insights, but also the relevance of those insights. […]
Unexpected Power, Obsession and the Value of Confession
Tags: Anxiety, Confession, Foucault, Obsession, Power Dynamic, The History of Sexuality
Posted in February 7, Whitney Porter | 1 Comment »