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>Okay, okay! I'll post something!
>
>I wonder if anyone out there can recommend some reading for me. I'm based
>in the UK reading for a PhD, and I'm looking at Foucault's work on sexual
>ethics. I shall be using it to look at present day 'self-help' texts (eg
>Men are From Mars etc) I want to see what kind of ethics these books
>promote, and what kind of subject they are aiming to produce. I want to
>try to avoid a simplistic dismissal of them as being either purely
>subjugating discourses or symptomatic of the 'Californian cult of the
>self' about which Foucault was so sniffy. I also want to avoid an
>uncritical celebration of their liberatory potential, as proposed by some
>other scholars - I shall mention no names!!
>
>It seems to me that these texts must tell us something our culture because
>they are so popular and sell in such huge numbers - and here in the UK
>they have, in many instances, entered into common parlance (I expect it's
>the same elsewhere).
>
>
>Can anyone suggest either:
>
>any specific sections of Foucault's work I should look at (besides the
>History of Sex trilogy), or
>any particularly interesting/popular self-help books (especially those
>about relationships), or
>the work of any other theorists/scholars which might be relevant?
>
Rebecca,
I hope this is relevant. Anthony Giddens has said quite a bit about the
self- help literature. As I read him, and it has been a while, he ties the
emergence of self-help literature to certain changes in late-capitalist
society (and late-capitalist subjectivity). I can be more specific if you
like, but won't waste everyone's time here. See, 'Modernity and
Self-Identity: Self and Society in the late modern age"
kenneth J. gergen is also helpful, "the saturated self: dilemmas of
identity . . ." i cannot find exact title - book is at home (easy read)
>
>
>I would really appreciate any suggerstions, advice or comments.
>Thanks for helping.
>
Rebecca
sounds like interesting work. how about looking for something useful in
'the care of the self'? perhaps this is a *slightly* different foucault
than you had in mind though. ?
tony lack
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<excerpt>Okay, okay! I'll post something!
I wonder if anyone out there can recommend some reading for me. I'm
based in the UK reading for a PhD, and I'm looking at Foucault's work
on sexual ethics. I shall be using it to look at present day
'self-help' texts (eg <italic>Men are From Mars</italic> etc) I want
to see what kind of ethics these books promote, and what kind of
subject they are aiming to produce. I want to try to avoid a
simplistic dismissal of them as being either purely subjugating
discourses or symptomatic of the 'Californian cult of the self' about
which Foucault was so sniffy. I also want to avoid an uncritical
celebration of their liberatory potential, as proposed by some other
scholars - I shall mention no names!!
It seems to me that these texts must tell us something our culture
because they are so popular and sell in such huge numbers - and here in
the UK they have, in many instances, entered into common parlance (I
expect it's the same elsewhere).
Can anyone suggest either:
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any specific sections of Foucault's work I should look at (besides the
<italic>History of Sex </italic>trilogy<italic>), </italic>or
any particularly interesting/popular self-help books (especially those
about relationships), or
the work of any other theorists/scholars which might be relevant?
</paraindent>
</excerpt>
Rebecca,
I hope this is relevant. Anthony Giddens has said quite a bit about the
self- help literature. As I read him, and it has been a while, he ties
the emergence of self-help literature to certain changes in
late-capitalist society (and late-capitalist subjectivity). I can be
more specific if you like, but won't waste everyone's time here. See,
'Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the late modern age"
kenneth J. gergen is also helpful, "the saturated self: dilemmas of
identity . . ." i cannot find exact title - book is at home (easy
read)
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I would really appreciate any suggerstions, advice or comments.
Thanks for helping.
</excerpt>Rebecca
sounds like interesting work. how about looking for something useful in
'the care of the self'? perhaps this is a *slightly* different
foucault than you had in mind though. ?
tony lack
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>Okay, okay! I'll post something!
>
>I wonder if anyone out there can recommend some reading for me. I'm based
>in the UK reading for a PhD, and I'm looking at Foucault's work on sexual
>ethics. I shall be using it to look at present day 'self-help' texts (eg
>Men are From Mars etc) I want to see what kind of ethics these books
>promote, and what kind of subject they are aiming to produce. I want to
>try to avoid a simplistic dismissal of them as being either purely
>subjugating discourses or symptomatic of the 'Californian cult of the
>self' about which Foucault was so sniffy. I also want to avoid an
>uncritical celebration of their liberatory potential, as proposed by some
>other scholars - I shall mention no names!!
>
>It seems to me that these texts must tell us something our culture because
>they are so popular and sell in such huge numbers - and here in the UK
>they have, in many instances, entered into common parlance (I expect it's
>the same elsewhere).
>
>
>Can anyone suggest either:
>
>any specific sections of Foucault's work I should look at (besides the
>History of Sex trilogy), or
>any particularly interesting/popular self-help books (especially those
>about relationships), or
>the work of any other theorists/scholars which might be relevant?
>
Rebecca,
I hope this is relevant. Anthony Giddens has said quite a bit about the
self- help literature. As I read him, and it has been a while, he ties the
emergence of self-help literature to certain changes in late-capitalist
society (and late-capitalist subjectivity). I can be more specific if you
like, but won't waste everyone's time here. See, 'Modernity and
Self-Identity: Self and Society in the late modern age"
kenneth J. gergen is also helpful, "the saturated self: dilemmas of
identity . . ." i cannot find exact title - book is at home (easy read)
>
>
>I would really appreciate any suggerstions, advice or comments.
>Thanks for helping.
>
Rebecca
sounds like interesting work. how about looking for something useful in
'the care of the self'? perhaps this is a *slightly* different foucault
than you had in mind though. ?
tony lack
>
>
>
>
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<excerpt>Okay, okay! I'll post something!
I wonder if anyone out there can recommend some reading for me. I'm
based in the UK reading for a PhD, and I'm looking at Foucault's work
on sexual ethics. I shall be using it to look at present day
'self-help' texts (eg <italic>Men are From Mars</italic> etc) I want
to see what kind of ethics these books promote, and what kind of
subject they are aiming to produce. I want to try to avoid a
simplistic dismissal of them as being either purely subjugating
discourses or symptomatic of the 'Californian cult of the self' about
which Foucault was so sniffy. I also want to avoid an uncritical
celebration of their liberatory potential, as proposed by some other
scholars - I shall mention no names!!
It seems to me that these texts must tell us something our culture
because they are so popular and sell in such huge numbers - and here in
the UK they have, in many instances, entered into common parlance (I
expect it's the same elsewhere).
Can anyone suggest either:
<paraindent><param>left</param>
any specific sections of Foucault's work I should look at (besides the
<italic>History of Sex </italic>trilogy<italic>), </italic>or
any particularly interesting/popular self-help books (especially those
about relationships), or
the work of any other theorists/scholars which might be relevant?
</paraindent>
</excerpt>
Rebecca,
I hope this is relevant. Anthony Giddens has said quite a bit about the
self- help literature. As I read him, and it has been a while, he ties
the emergence of self-help literature to certain changes in
late-capitalist society (and late-capitalist subjectivity). I can be
more specific if you like, but won't waste everyone's time here. See,
'Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the late modern age"
kenneth J. gergen is also helpful, "the saturated self: dilemmas of
identity . . ." i cannot find exact title - book is at home (easy
read)
<excerpt>
I would really appreciate any suggerstions, advice or comments.
Thanks for helping.
</excerpt>Rebecca
sounds like interesting work. how about looking for something useful in
'the care of the self'? perhaps this is a *slightly* different
foucault than you had in mind though. ?
tony lack
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