Arianna wrote:
Why? The question is a bit vague as stated and may suggest that the student
is hopelessly enmeshed in a department that is mostly concerned with making
sure he learns the jargon of his field (as they see it) -- writes papers that will
fly with reviewers and so forth. On the other hand, aren't there at least
two kinds of answers that might make sense, depending on the more fully
elaborated question? (a) in Foucault's reader (for whom he built tools);
(b) in Foucault's "we", "ourselves", "one", etc. -- that agency which is
subject to the management of the body, of sex, of madness, etc. The two
answers are not contradictory or exclusive, of course.
It seems like the student is being asked to locate Foucault within a famous
debate that has structured a lot of sociological research, and to which researchers
in that field are expected to pay homage -- I would think that's a good launching
point for many kinds of response. "Stupid question," may be accurate, but
it isn't very fulfilling.
-t
Amateur Philosopher
its a stupid question, that's the answer
Why? The question is a bit vague as stated and may suggest that the student
is hopelessly enmeshed in a department that is mostly concerned with making
sure he learns the jargon of his field (as they see it) -- writes papers that will
fly with reviewers and so forth. On the other hand, aren't there at least
two kinds of answers that might make sense, depending on the more fully
elaborated question? (a) in Foucault's reader (for whom he built tools);
(b) in Foucault's "we", "ourselves", "one", etc. -- that agency which is
subject to the management of the body, of sex, of madness, etc. The two
answers are not contradictory or exclusive, of course.
It seems like the student is being asked to locate Foucault within a famous
debate that has structured a lot of sociological research, and to which researchers
in that field are expected to pay homage -- I would think that's a good launching
point for many kinds of response. "Stupid question," may be accurate, but
it isn't very fulfilling.
-t
Amateur Philosopher
jataseli@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hello!
I´m a PhD student (MSocSc) in the Department of Social Sciences and
Philosophy at the University of Jyvaskyla in Finland.
My sociological research is about the history of drug addiction treatments
in Finland from 1960´s to present day. In this genealogical study I try
relate the changes in treatment practices to the changes of other
practices, be they discursive or non-discursive, that have made changes in
treatment practices possible. So basic foucauldian stuff.
My current interests lie in the modern concept of addiction and in the
"original" problematization that the emergence of this concept was related
to in the late 18th and early 19th century. Furthermore, being a student
of sociology I confront all the time the question "where´s the agent in
Foucault´s thought". I´ve got a kind of a answer to this question but it
needs more clarification.
Yours
Jani Selin
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