So this is probably a rather old topic or debate that's been tossed around
before but does anyone here actually think Foucault rejected the idea of a
"human nature" outright as in universal human behaviors? I don't think the
rejected the latter per say but I do htink he rejected the idea of a
universal human "nature" or "essence" that could be discovered with
knowledge or liberty, a position shared also by Nietzsche, Von MIses and
Hannah Arendt.
what do you guys think?
And do you think a "critique" or "rejection" of human nature as a concept is
necessarily as "flawed" as some make it out to be?
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Chetan Vemuri
West Des Moines, IA
aryavartacnsrn@xxxxxxxxx
(319)-512-9318
"You say you want a Revolution! Well you know, we all want to change the
world"
before but does anyone here actually think Foucault rejected the idea of a
"human nature" outright as in universal human behaviors? I don't think the
rejected the latter per say but I do htink he rejected the idea of a
universal human "nature" or "essence" that could be discovered with
knowledge or liberty, a position shared also by Nietzsche, Von MIses and
Hannah Arendt.
what do you guys think?
And do you think a "critique" or "rejection" of human nature as a concept is
necessarily as "flawed" as some make it out to be?
--
Chetan Vemuri
West Des Moines, IA
aryavartacnsrn@xxxxxxxxx
(319)-512-9318
"You say you want a Revolution! Well you know, we all want to change the
world"