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A Contemporary Feminist Critiquing of the Liberal Tradition

for the legitimacy of modern civil government is to be found by treating our society as if it had originated in a contract. The a...

Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault

with a rational sense of understanding crime and punishment this does not appear to be punishment as much as it appears to be an a...

Society and Sexual Repression According to Foucault

In five pages this paper examines sexuality and the repression that is caused by sexual obsession according to social theorist Mic...

Nature of Art and the Perceptions of Michel Foucault

viewpoint dictated, both in terms of the structure of the work - angle, perspective, distance and so on - and the content. From a ...

Pornography, Cosmetic Surgery and Sexual Ethics

This research paper analyzes the manner in which sexual ethics can be applied to issues pertaining to pornography and cosmetic sur...

Knowledge as a Construct of Society

In seven pages this research paper applies the philosophies of Karl Popper, Emile Durkheim, and Michel Foucault to an examination ...

Short Eyes by Miguel Pinero

In five pages this paper discusses how the concepts featured in Discipline and Punish The Birth of the Prison by Michel Foucault ...

Contemporary Prisons and Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault

Damiens, was executed in this manner on March 2, 1757. The records of this execution appear to be quite detailed, as Foucault rela...

Perspectives of Ideology, Postmodernism, and Existentialism

the distinction between good and evil that is recognizable and notable. In order to understand the link between Nietzsches prem...

Society and the Individual

diet preference and sexual activity. Two classic works are extremely useful in allowing us to understand the role of societ...

Foucault on the Vikings 'Sex Boat Scandal'

a gay rights movement today which accentuates homosexual activity. Yet, through history homosexuality has always been with society...

Theoretical Approaches to Capitalism and Power

The ideas of three theorists are explored in this 3 part paper. The first part of the paper explores the rise of capitalism, and ...

Religion and Culture/Michel Foucault

This essay offers an overview of Religion and Culture by Michel Foucault, edited by Jeremy Carette. While the writer cites from Ca...

Comparative Theoretical Analysis of Michel Foucault, Erving Goffman, and Max Weber

while perhaps more obvious than it actually seems - illustrates how gaining knowledge in a particular area (such as in medicine or...

Michel Foucault, Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx on Political Theory

similar: to attain virtue and the happiness which comes from a sense of right living, but such an outcome was seen as more worthy ...

Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault

In three pages this paper focuses upon the latter portion of Foucault's revolutionary text in an analysis of its contents. There ...

James Scott's Hidden and Public Transcripts Regarding Power Use

they present a public transcript that is the result of a power disparity. When a student agrees with a professor in an attempt to ...

Semiotics and Multimodal Discourse Analysis

In a paper of seven pages, the writer looks at multimodal discourse analysis. This unique type of semiotic method is examined, and...

Ways to See and Panopticon

The title reflects two essay written by two different authors. John Berger wrote the first one about art and images while Michael ...

Theories Regarding Power and Knowledge

In nine pages this paper examines several theoretical perspectives regarding power and knowledge including 'Discipline and Punish'...

British Policymaking, Rationality, and Power

be made of fruit (Weixler, 1994). Though a seemingly commonsense regulation that might have little opposition in the EU, the regul...

Tannen on Discourse

Lakoff looks at Luntz Republican discourse and describes Luntz as the "premier conservative linguist who helps the Republicans fra...

A Foucaultian View of Kafka's The Penal Colony

Kafka story in respect to Foucaults ideas. II. Foucaults Conception of Law First, it is important to note that Foucault was ...

Foucault's Views on Self-Transformation

his works and he also was not enamored of psychotherapy (McLaren, 2002). In fact, Foucault was very critical of psychiatry. For th...

Relationships Among Media

presence of Big Brother, the Thoughtpolice, Newspeak and other concepts work together to create an atmosphere of oppression and dr...

Surveillance in modern societies

population can be quite vocal in its criticism of authority, but since it does not have access to power, this activity cannot effe...

Philosophy of an Enlightened Age

In five pages an examination of spiritual and religious enlightenment past and present is considered in a discussion of Foucault's...

Duties of Trustees Over Their Investments

someone, either an individual, or an organisations, to use property, and for one reason, or another, are not able to hold the lega...

Organizational Communication and Personal Power

have to know whos in charge. Max Weber, the German sociologist, "defined power as the ability to get things done your way in spite...

Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS)

Security; Governance Rule of Law & Human Rights; Infrastructure & Natural Resources; Education; Health; Agriculture & Rural Develo...