cant we ask nate and tahir and thomas to help here as well?
On 18/04/07, David McInerney <vagabond@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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On 18/04/07, David McInerney <vagabond@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yes but unfortunately in the "social sciences" and sociology this
stupid question cannot be avoided, because it takes for granted the
"agency problem" and the subject/structure opposition on which it
depends.
I guess the right tack would be to show how the notion of "agency"
functions as an unquestioned/unquestionable ground within
sociological discourse. You might also make use of the concept of
"epistemological obstacle" etc.
On 18/04/2007, at 8:24 AM, Arianna wrote:
> its a stupid question, that's the answer
>
> 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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