Michel Foucault
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Becoming Other: Foucault, Deleuze, and the Political Nature of Thought | Learning Philosophy of Change
In this paper–linked after the jump–Giorgio Bertini employs the notion of the ‘thought of the outside’ as developed by Michel Foucault, in order to defend the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze against the criticisms of ‘elitism,’ ‘aristocratism,’ and ‘political indifference’–famously leveled by Alain… Continue reading
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Heterotopia of Facebook
Michel Foucault first introduced the notion of heterotopia in the preface of his 1966 book Les Mots et les Choses (translated in 1970 as The Order of Things), and further developed the concept in his famous lecture ‘Of Other Spaces’… Continue reading
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A Gentlemans Guide To Sex In Prison
But the hunger for touch does not always involve sex. Men in prison slap each other on the back and rub each others necks and hug and give elaborate handshakes and do strange exercises in which the men use each… Continue reading
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The Aesthetic of the Gay Askesis
Here, Michel Foucault philosophizes in an 1981 interview. Central to his thinking in this back and forth is that being gay transcends the established laws and common customs. It is important to think with him on this. The struggle by LGBTQ for… Continue reading
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For Jared
What is care of the self? Do we mean care of the I or care of the body or care of the being with an I in a body or care of the body with an eye for an I?… Continue reading
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Madness and (American) Civilization
In “The Epidemic of Mental Illness: Why?” (New York Review of Books, 2011), Marcia Angell, former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, discusses over-diagnosis of psychiatric disorders, pathologizing of normal behaviors, Big Pharma corruption of psychiatry, and the adverse effects… Continue reading
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Techno-Conspiracy and Control
A link here to a Big Think blog where Teddy Goff considers the power of technology in the Society of Control. Okay… you caught me! He does not call it the Society of Control. I mean, maybe he knows the… Continue reading
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“Seek out historic …
“Seek out historic distractions–purposeful conspiracy and habitual con-spiring (breathing a common air)–by which those who would claim to hold power try to keep empowered. Power belongs to no person. It already flows from the Way and always returns to the… Continue reading
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Digital Disconnect: Life in the InterDebtWork
If we are going to stay on top of how the Interweb and its diverse intrusions into our life are in fact the very stuff of Control, it behooves us to never forget how global corporate capitalism–the InterDebtWork–is always after better… Continue reading
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Reading Plato on Death Row – New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science
A really powerful & timely philosophical practice. Every Wednesday, I go to Riverbend Maximum Security Prison in Nashville to facilitate a discussion group with prisoners on death row and philosophy graduate students. It’s a nice prison, as far as prisons… Continue reading
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More than One Direction in which Millennials Can Thrive
Yestereve, I contemplated so much how today’s youth can survive the world wrought by their parents and grandparents, that I dreamed about it. I especially want to thank my friend Matthew for asking for further clarification. Below you will see… Continue reading
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Whatever, Etc., #5
Three Maxims for Diligent Identity Continue reading
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