Post-structuralism

I. Post-structuralism Foucault thought is often associated with post-structuralism. Although he denied his association with it, there are aspects of his thought that are aligned with post-structuralist thinking. Like post-structuralism, he is very critical of concept of a human subject. He is highly critical on the concept of the Cartesian subject. In one of his interviews, he says that the subject “… is not a substance. It is a form, and this form is not primarily or always identical to the…

main three grand philosophies that are associated with the theories of Social Work are; structuralism, modernism and post-conventionalism. These grand theories are not just used for Social Work, many other professions practice them too. These philosophies are used all around us in today’s day and age, people can see a product of this from a photo, song, website, building, or from pieces of art. The theory of Post-Conventionalism is all about knowing that there are many answers to a certain…

Bauman and Butler in the subject of feminism and post-structuralism. She is neither interested in going up in the social ladder or empowering women. She is more interested in downward class movement instead of upward class movement, more precisely she rejects the notion that women need to be supported throughout the ladder. She talks about Neo-liberal self interest and finally, she is less concerned about education as a ladder together. Embarking on post-structural lenses she claims: subject…

The positives of Wollen’s structural system are that it is objective and scientific. It is possible to prove and disprove his system because it is a discourse and not a theory, unlike Sarris. With Wollen’s structural system its possible for a director to completely change their directing style and you would still be able to use his structural analysis to determine whether or not they were still an auteur. Wollen implied that when determining who was an auteur or not, that a structural system…

shield corporate leader’s criminal activities. Instead of corporate leaders receiving repercussions, the corporate entity is penalized. This essay will discuss the legal issue of corporate corruption by examining the realism, functionalism, post-structuralism and corporate neoliberalism sociological theories, and the implications surrounding living law, law reform, legal practice and human services. Corporations as People: Canadian Business Corporations Act According to the Canadian Business…

. Hypothesis One of Walker's foremost works Possessing the Secret of Joy, which is doubtless considered as her most famous novel, is to be both investigated and analyzed in this survey. It makes the reader observe a contest for demonstrating identity through cultural weaponry which brings a fight between a man and a woman in order that one of them may succeed in possessing ethnic heritage which is considered to be the source of identity. However, during these conflicts the tribeswoman character…

Corporations as People: Canadian Business Corporations Act According to the Canadian Business Corporations Act, “A corporation has the capacity and, subject to this Act, the rights, powers and privileges of a natural person” (CBCA R.S.C., 1985, c. C-44). This enables corporations their own entity, with benefits individuals themselves do not possess. Corporations have full maturity upon creation, or ‘birth’. They also have the capability for eternal life. This personhood enables Canadian…

longer sufficient to perform a complete psychoanalysis by including only the tripartite scheme discovered by Sigmund Freud, but critics must include other aspects of psychoanalysis, such as Lacanian Criticism, Schizoanalysis, and both Classical and Post- Freudian criticism. This excerpt will be incredibly helpful when evaluating the tripartite psyche because Wright thoroughly analyzes the id, ego, and super-ego. In addition, the article will be sufficient for other terms within the…

historians have embraced and rejected. Many of these transformations were inspired by other disciplines as well as a reflection of social and political climates. Howell and Prevenier explain the different schools of thought, such as structuralism, post-structuralism, positivist views, as well as inspirations from Marxists, and how historians utilize those schools of thought to describe and interpret the past. Generally, the book was a well thought and organized summary of the changes in…

Overrepresentation of Indigenous Children in Child Welfare Oppression is the use of power to ostracize, silence or otherwise degrade one social group or category, often in order to further empower the oppressor. Then what is anti-oppression? Anti-oppression (AOP) is a network that seeks to recognize the oppressions that exist in our society and make gains to minimize and eliminate its affects, moving towards equalizing the power imbalance in our communities. Healy (2014) states…