Foucault's alimentary philosophy: Care of the self and responsibility for the other

Man and World ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 361-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Boothroyd
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Care Of The Self

scholarly journals Multiple Relationships of Nursing Care: the Emergence of Care "of the us"

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 895-902 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Aparecida Baggio ◽  
Alacoque Lorenzini Erdmann
Keyword(s):  
Self Care ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Multiple Relationships ◽  
Care Of The Self ◽  
The Us ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
Nursing Professionals ◽  
Nursing Professional

The aim of this qualitative study was to comprehend the relationships of the care of the self, of care of the other, and of care "of the us" in the different dimensions of care, through an educational/reflexive/interpretative process with nursing professionals in a University Hospital, using the complexity perspective. The data were collected through workshops and submitted to content analysis. The following categories emerged: reflecting upon the meaning of care of the self, care of the other, and "of the us" for the "I - human being", and for the "I - nursing professional"; and reflecting and (re)constructing the meanings of the relationships of care for the self, care for the other, and care "for the us". The care "for the us" is an emerging theme, in construction, and impels a concern for the collective, as well as remits to the comprehension of the multiple and unending phenomenon of constant movement among the beings and between them and their environment, modifying, altering, and causing to be altered the networks of existent relationships.

The Cannibali That We Are: For a Bioethics of Food

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 268-275
Author(s):  
FABRIZIO TUROLDO
Keyword(s):  
Jacques Derrida ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Care Of The Self ◽  
Symbolic Value ◽  
Do So ◽  
Taking Care

AbstractIs it possible to trace the contours of a bioethical reflection on nutrition? The present study tries to do so, relying on the metaphorical and symbolic value that food often takes. Indeed, eating does not mean just getting sufficient nutrition, because through the offer and exchange of food, people recognize and welcome each other. In this sense we are all, in some way, cannibals, because in eating, we eat the other, even if the introjection of the other is only symbolic and not literal, as in the case of actual cannibals. Eating habits are also very rooted in various cultures and sometimes resist migratory flows to a greater extent than language and religion do. Consequently, the disgust for, or the refusal of, other people’s food may be an indicator of a more general rejection of the diversity of other people. The conclusion reached by this study is that eating is taking care of the self and of the other and, therefore, as Jacques Derrida observes, it is necessary to “eat well” and also “eat the good.”

scholarly journals Entre autonomia e heteronomia: para uma concepção crítica de cuidado de si em Michel Foucault [Between autonomy and heteronomy: for a critical conception of care of the self in Michel Foucault]

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (46) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Fernando Gimbo
Keyword(s):  
Michel Foucault ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Initial Problem ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Care Of The Self ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Double Movement ◽  
The One

Trata-se de mostrar como a ideia de “cuidado de si” deve ser compreendida a partir de um tensionamento caracterizado por um duplo movimento: por um lado, a afirmação da autoafecção como condição do processo de subjetivação; por outro lado, a necessidade de inscrever tal ipseidade no quadro mais amplo das pesquisas genealógicas centradas nas práticas de assujeitamento e dominação. Com isso, o objetivo é sugerir como o problema fundamental do último e inconcluso momento da obra de Foucault é a necessidade de repensar as condições de gênese do sujeito. Para tanto, o artigo é divido em dois momentos: primeiramente, recuperamos uma autocrítica realizada ao final da década de 70, quando, ao introduzir em suas análises o conceito de governamentalidade, Foucault une a temática do governo sobre os outros ao problema do governo de si. Em segundo lugar, analisar estrategicamente o tema da confissão (l’aveu) como exemplo do reconhecimento dessa dimensão autoafectiva da subjetividade dentro de relações de poder e assujeitamento. A partir disso, é possível assinalar certas consequências críticas em torno de uma certa “ética do cuidado de si” que seria própria ao pensamento foucaultiano. [This article aims to show how the idea of “care of the self" must be understood from the tension of a double movement: on the one hand, the affirmation of an auto-affection as a condition to a process of individuation. On the other hand, the need to incorporate such ipseity to the broader framework of genealogical research focused on the subjugation and domination practices. Thus, my goal is to suggest how the initial problem that runs through Foucault’s later works is the need to rethink the conditions of subjectivity genesis. Therefore, the article is divided into two parts: firstly, I recover Foucault’s self-criticism performed at the end of the 70s, when he introduces in his analysis the concept of governmentality. Secondly, I strategically analyze the theme of confession (l'aveu) as an example of recognizing this auto-affectivity dimension of subjectivity even within power relations. Finally, I point out certain possible consequences of such exposure on the theme of ethics in Foucault's thought.]

scholarly journals Verdades e desestabilizações: crise, crítica e clínica na trama da imanência / Truths and destabilization: crisis, critique and clinic in the plot of immanence

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Roberta Carvalho Romagnoli
Keyword(s):  
Michel Foucault ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Care Of The Self ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Molecular Lines

ResumoEste texto pretende problematizar crise, crítica e clínicaatravés de um plano de imanência no qual coexistem linhas molares e moleculares, reproduções e invenções.  Baseado nas ideias de Deleuze e Guattari, a crise emerge como movimento de desestabilização, que tanto pode forçar a saída de territórios conhecidos, como se garantir em microfascismos. Por outro lado, a crítica é discutida emassociação ao cuidado de si, de Michel Foucault, associada à conquista de autonomia, à possibilidade de nos libertarmos a nós mesmos das racionalidades e tecnologias de poder da sociedade atual. Nessa perspectiva, a clínicacorre o risco de silenciar a crise, ao buscar uniformizar condutas, igualar modos de agir com modelos de sujeitos. Mas também pode se agenciar com a invenção ao sustentar multiplicidades, conexões entre diversos elementos que possuem dimensões próprias e conservam suas diferenças.Assim, crise, crítica e clínica podem formar planos de expansão da vida.Palavras-chave: Micropolítica; Crise; Crítica: Clínica AbstractThis paper intends to discuss the crisis, critique and clinic through a plane of immanence with the coexistence between molar and molecular lines, reproductions and inventions. Based on Deleuze and Guattari's ideas, the crisis emerges as destabilizing movement which both operates to force out of known territories and to ensure microfascisms. On the other hand, critique is discussed in association with the Michel´s Foucault concept Care of the Self, associated with the autonomy´s achievement, the ability to escapeof the rationalities and power technologies of our society. In this perspective, clinic risks to silence the crisis, to standardize the practices with subject models. But you can also connect with the invention when you sustain multiplicities, connections between various elements that have their own dimensions and retain their differences. Thus, crisis, critique and clinic can form expansion plans of life.Keywords: Micropolitics; Crisis; Critique;Clinic

Careful becomings: Foucault, Deleuze, and Bergson

Human Affairs ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon C.F. Bearn
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Care Of The Self ◽  
Retrograde Motion ◽  
The One

AbstractThis essay argues for a convergence between, on the one side, Foucault’s characterization of the care of the self as a way of overcoming the traps of anthropological sleep, and on the other side, Deleuze’s characterization of initiating becomings as a way of fleeing the traps of organization, a line of flight, becoming becoming. This convergence is defended on the basis of a Bergsonian ontology of becoming, and in particular, Bergson’s opposition to what he calls the retrograde motion of truth. One result of this convergence is that a Wittgensteinian approach to the sense of life floats to the surface. A kind of mysticism.

scholarly journals A Educação Socrática como “Modo de Vida”: a Imagem do “Cuidado de Si” na Beleza Poética do Sátiro

Horizontes ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Roberto Silveira
Keyword(s):  
Self Care ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Spiritual Exercises ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Care Of The Self ◽  
Care Education ◽  
The Way

ResumoA obra O Banquete de Platão é complexa, inesgotável, instigante e de suma importância para os estudos filosófico, educacional, existencial, espiritual. Aqui se alude a um pequeno trecho desta obra (174a), pois acredita-se que contenha os movimentos da educação socrática através do “Conhece-te a ti mesmo”, do “Cuidado de si e dos outros”, dos “Exercícios espirituais”, que constituem o “Modo de vida”. Deste parágrafo algumas perguntas emergiram instantaneamente e análises foram realizadas, mas ao longo do estudo, outras tantas surgiram. Enfim, espera-se que estas interrogações aqui contidas, suscitem, fermentem também outras questões nos educadores e que estes promovam discussões, análises, reflexões e ações sobre a beleza da sua missão, de sua poiésis no auxílio ao trabalho do parto, da Escultura de Si e dos Outros.Palavras-chave: Sócrates; Platão; Alcibíades, Cuidado de si, Educação.The Socratic Education as “Way of Life”: the Image of the “Self-Care” in Poetic Beauty of SatyrAbstract The work The Banquet of Plato is complex, inexhaustible, instigating and very important for studies in philosophy, education, existential and spiritual. A small passage of this work (174a) is alluded to here, because it is believed that it contains the movements of Socratic education through the "Know yourself", the “Care of the self and of the other”, the “Spiritual exercises”, which constitute the “Way of life”. Some questions have crop up from this paragraph and analyzes were done, but over the course of the study, many others have emerged. Finally, it is expected that the questions contained herein, spark, or ferment other important issues among teachers, so that, they may promote analyzes, discussions and actions, on the beauty of their missions, from their poiésis to support their jobs of birth, the Sculpture of Self and Others. Keywords: Socrates; Plato; Alcibiades; Self-care; Education.

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