Michel de Montaigne

A Bad Encounter At this point in my life I had just turned 19 and was working at Tractor Supply. It was Friday and my night off when I received a phone call from work. It was Emily, the cashier that was working that night. She said that something had been delivered with my name on it and I needed to pick it up. She wouldn’t tell me what it was. So I good-bye to all of my friends and went into work When I walked through the door, on the counter was a bouquet roses. They were bright yellow and hot…

while simultaneously critiques societies use of technology. The word technology is derived from the Greek tekhnologia, which meant a systematic treatment of an art, craft, or technique and was originally used to refer to grammar. French theorist, Michel Foucault, defined the Greek word techne as a rationality that is consciously governed. To Foucault, technology had a much broader meaning than the modern definition; the application of a scientific knowledge that is used for a sort of practical…

In Discipline and Punish, Michel Foucault breaks down the premises of a panoptic system, outlining the mechanics through which it controls a population and linking it to other structures seen throughout a society, such as in prisons and schools. An example of such evident in the implementation of new grading rubrics for English teachers across America in 1923. The essays of 12th graders nationwide, who wrote under the same conditions, formed the base of a design for a national rubric, consisting…

Foucault’s technologies of self, Grace Ministries, and the Lazarus Project Since they seek to change people’s lives and focus less on the social conditions contributing to addictions, could the Lazarus Project be called an “oppressive” organization? The concepts “technology of self” and “governmentality” (introduced by Michael Foucault) have come in vogue in the social science literature, and have been applied to the role of various non-profits. According to Ghatak and Abel (2013, p. 220), in…

of sexuality. The views on sexuality has moved from a period of being freely expressive and open about our sex and sexuality to a period of repression and hypocrisy of such expressions. The repressive views were seen to arise in the 17th century. Michel Foucault, a French philosopher, argues that the history of sexuality since the 17th century has maintained a repressive view, which Foucault refers to as the “repressive hypothesis” (SparkNotes Editors, n.d.). This essay will…

The film ‘Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind’, 2004, directed by award winning director Michel Gondry is a delightful film about the complex inner workings of one 's brain and the intricacies of human relationships. Encouraging the viewer to further reflect on their own life and outlook on the world with its complex storylines and themes. In the film Joel, portrayed by Jim Carrey, begins a relationship with Clementine, portrayed by Kate Winslet. The film follows the highs and lows of their…

How believable would it be if someone claimed that most of what we know about power and order, is based off of either pre-Benthamist, Benthamist, and Foucauldian views? And to what degree is the panopticon idea true to our modern day society? Pre-Benthamist view involves physical torture or simply being an attraction for others in a shaming type of way, and over all the instilment of terror. Benthamist, is more directed to controlling of the space and time over others, and Foucauldian basis its…

Panopticism: a social theory initially developed by French philosopher Michel Foucault in his book, Discipline and Punish. The intention of the prison design was to sanction all inmates in isolation, and permanent observation. A single guard from an elevated tower would hawk eye the prison cells for any suspicious activity throughout the entirety of the day. “Each individual in his/her place, is securely confined to a cell which he is seen from the front by the supervisor. He is seen, but does…

RESEARCH QUESTION Consider how Canadian colonial policy has affected Aboriginal sovereignty in the post-confederation Canada and modern day Canada; examine factors that influenced the right to exercise these sovereignty claims through a Foucauldian lens considering race and racialization. METHODOLOGY I will be evaluating my question as a within-case comparison, looking that the differences over time, in this instance post-confederation Canada (1867) and modern day Canada…

John Berger and Michel Foucault’s thoughts and ideas, they’re shown throughout their short anthologies. In “Ways of Seeing” and Panopticism; we see a lot of similarities and differences between the authors. From the way they write, to the way they express, to the way they think about their emotions and how they translate it out to their readers. John Berger talks about how we have our own perspectives on seeing things and how we can maintain different views in our society. Michel Foucault talks…