Actually, Foucault uses what you call a mactro-analysis in a
number of places; for instance, in his writings and lectures
on governmentality, he discusses the emergence of teh
"police" in the seventeenth century, and their concern for
hte welfare of teh whole; in "The Politics of Health in the
18th C." (Power/Knowledge), he discusses both the
"totalizing" and "individualizing" functions of medicine -
the "totalizng" cocneption of health stems from a coenption
of hte health of society as awhole - especially conerning
the spread of communicable diseases. Also, in HS, he
discusses the emergence of the concepion of "population" as
an object of reflection, which shaped the development of a
number of social sciences. Certain of these sciences, such
as "political economy," operate from a macro-analysis.
According to Dreyfus and Rabinow, Foucault's methodology is
"multidirectional" - going from the top down and from teh
bottom up. Foucault also has an approach to teh study of
discourses which is predicated on an "ascending analysis" -
going from the particular to the general.
Joe C.
number of places; for instance, in his writings and lectures
on governmentality, he discusses the emergence of teh
"police" in the seventeenth century, and their concern for
hte welfare of teh whole; in "The Politics of Health in the
18th C." (Power/Knowledge), he discusses both the
"totalizing" and "individualizing" functions of medicine -
the "totalizng" cocneption of health stems from a coenption
of hte health of society as awhole - especially conerning
the spread of communicable diseases. Also, in HS, he
discusses the emergence of the concepion of "population" as
an object of reflection, which shaped the development of a
number of social sciences. Certain of these sciences, such
as "political economy," operate from a macro-analysis.
According to Dreyfus and Rabinow, Foucault's methodology is
"multidirectional" - going from the top down and from teh
bottom up. Foucault also has an approach to teh study of
discourses which is predicated on an "ascending analysis" -
going from the particular to the general.
Joe C.