(1) What are some examples of how the rise of the human sciences has increased your own self-scrutiny? Draw from Foucault 's theory of power/knowledge in framing your answers.
“Foucault focuses on social effects of knowledge; scientific knowledge function as a major social power through the state, the family, hospital, and therapeutic institutions scientific institutions shape the dominant ideas about who we are and what can be said and by whom”(Seidman178) . Before reading about Foucault and his idea of how knowledge controls us and society I did not have an idea about that but after reading it I started to think and agree how true that idea we are being controlled by our knowledge is. “The more the human sciences discover about us: the …show more content…
These days people seem to google their sickness before they go and see a doctor. I do that too. Las week I took my son to a doctor and all doctor told me is that it is a virus and he should be ok within two weeks. Because I did a little research on his sickness before my visit to doctor I knew more than what the doctor said and I suggested that she cannot be sure if it is a virus or not without a test so I asked doctor to the virus test. I think it is great example of how knowing more pushes us to learn even more. “One of the most distinctive features of Foucault 's theorizing is his concern with articulating the ways that people govern themselves and others through the production of knowledge” (Roberts Lecture notes). I cannot say knowledge is not good but I agree that if we know more we start to worry or think about the things we would never worry or think if we did not know about it in the first place. For example, I read murder news, child abduction news, robbery news, and accident news every day and reading those things and knowing all about how it happens, where it happens, and how often it happens cause me to think …show more content…
It 's kind of like a software code (perhaps artificial intelligence) that 's taken on a life of its own and can be seen through its effects on people. If one believes this is happening, what does that mean for the notion that people can change the world for the
“Foucault focuses on social effects of knowledge; scientific knowledge function as a major social power through the state, the family, hospital, and therapeutic institutions scientific institutions shape the dominant ideas about who we are and what can be said and by whom”(Seidman178) . Before reading about Foucault and his idea of how knowledge controls us and society I did not have an idea about that but after reading it I started to think and agree how true that idea we are being controlled by our knowledge is. “The more the human sciences discover about us: the …show more content…
These days people seem to google their sickness before they go and see a doctor. I do that too. Las week I took my son to a doctor and all doctor told me is that it is a virus and he should be ok within two weeks. Because I did a little research on his sickness before my visit to doctor I knew more than what the doctor said and I suggested that she cannot be sure if it is a virus or not without a test so I asked doctor to the virus test. I think it is great example of how knowing more pushes us to learn even more. “One of the most distinctive features of Foucault 's theorizing is his concern with articulating the ways that people govern themselves and others through the production of knowledge” (Roberts Lecture notes). I cannot say knowledge is not good but I agree that if we know more we start to worry or think about the things we would never worry or think if we did not know about it in the first place. For example, I read murder news, child abduction news, robbery news, and accident news every day and reading those things and knowing all about how it happens, where it happens, and how often it happens cause me to think …show more content…
It 's kind of like a software code (perhaps artificial intelligence) that 's taken on a life of its own and can be seen through its effects on people. If one believes this is happening, what does that mean for the notion that people can change the world for the