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    Foucauldian Analysis

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    This Asian youth study has defined the neoliberal objectification of Chinese education through the PRC within the context of a Foucauldian and Marxists analytical perspective. Woronov’s (2004, 2009) analysis of the Chinese educational system defines the overt changes in PRC policies towards a more privatized and neoliberal vision of education for young people in China. In this perspective, Foucault defines the “power” of the government to defined on the conduct of governmental activities that…

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    Secondly, with the understanding of how Foucault’s impressions and theories about the contemporary politics of surveillance and how we live in a society where discipline is the mechanism of power being the factor of regulating our behaviours to an ethical extent. We will see the applications of modern surveillance technologies and how they influence the behaviours of individuals encouraging law abiding activities and discouraging politically incorrect activities. There are three main…

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    Foucault's Culture

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    Approach The Soviet 60s had similar cultural processes to those in Western Europe: it was a time of intellectual protest and liberalization. While France had the Revolution of 1968, the Soviet intellectual started liberty rights movement and in the 1970s, they were ostracized as dissidents. Strikingly, Bakhtin’s culture theory has similarities with French philosophical systems of the same time. First, his approach reminds of Foucault’s “History of Sexuality” and Guattari’s “Chaosmosis.”…

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    In this essay, I will be discussing Michel Foucault “The Birth of Biopolitics”. These lectures took place at the college de France in 1978-1979. I will be answering the question ‘What does Michel Foucault understand to be specific differences between the liberalism of the eighteenth century England and the Neo-liberalism of twentieth century United States insofar as both are modes of governmentality?’ I will analyze the differences between liberalism and neo-liberalism. In addition, I will also…

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    Atwood shows an imaginative attempt to conceive a future where women have lost their autonomy and rights, and where the American government is run by conservative moral and religious ideals. Atwood creates a dystopian story which frames itself through Michel Foucault’s Panopticon. The panoptic establishment relies upon complete visibility, a hierarchical organization of power, and an enclosed space. These three concepts are all prevalent throughout the novel. The lack of privacy is shown through…

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    Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians is a novel which alters our idea of what a barbarian is by revealing that there is not much difference between those who are “civilized” and “uncivilized,” as we are shown a civilized society whose fear of a supposed attack from the “barbarians” is what justifies the members of the Empire's inhumane acts toward innocent natives. As the Magistrate attempts to speak for the natives, he shows control over them by taking away their voices and replacing them with…

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    According to Michel Foucault in his book Discipline and Punish, the Panopticon is a prison designed to establish power and control of one individual over the prisoners through observation. This observation is achieved through the prison’s annular structure, with the prisoners in confined cells facing the center, and the supervisor in a central tower (Foucault 200). The ring-like structure and the central tower allow the supervisor to see all inmates while simultaneously prohibiting them from…

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    Foucault's Panopticism

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    In Panopticism, Foucault begins with describing measures taken against plague in the 17th century. He examines a text about plague measures. Because in the case of plague, the boundaries between normal and abnormal individuals become unclear , the plague acted as an image against which the mechanisms of discipline were defined. Thus, to Foucault, whole set of techniques and institutions, which are created by the fear of an evil, which is plague, aim at forming the disciplined community . The…

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    Sociologist Michael Foucault argues that the existence of power is everywhere, and it influences society and how individuals behave (Mason 2016). He uses his interpretation of Jeremy Bentham’s concept of the Panopticon, to explain this phenomenon. Bentham defines the Panopticon as a circular pillar structure in the center of a prison that is used for the surveillance of prisoners. However, though it can be seen by everyone occupying the building, no one is aware of who occupies the interior; but…

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    contemporary canon will be discussed on some topics to point out some aspect on the election 2016 Truimp vs Clinton. Contemporary canon addressed several different classes that will be focus on contemporary canon. Between the years 1926- 1984 Michel Foucault that was influenced by Durkheim main ideal was on Discourse, Knowledge/power, and discipline and sexuality. He stated how you spoke about the world is how you will shape the…

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