scholarly journals Historical Critique or Transcendental Critique in Foucault: Two Kantian Lineages

2010 ◽  
pp. 100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Koopman
Keyword(s):  
Michel Foucault ◽  
Critical Inquiry ◽  
Critical Philosophy ◽  
Core Theme ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Conditions Of Possibility ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Philosophical Phenomenology ◽  
Critical Project

A growing body of interpretive literature concerning the work of Michel Foucault asserts that Foucault’s critical project is best interpreted in light of various strands of philosophical phenomenology. In this article I dispute this interpretation on both textual and philosophical grounds. It is shown that a core theme of ‘the phenomenological Foucault’ having to do with transcendental inquiry cannot be sustained by a careful reading of Foucault’s texts nor by a careful interpretation of Foucault’s philosophical commitments. It is then shown that this debate in Foucault scholarship has wider ramifications for understanding ‘the critical Foucault’ and the relationship of Foucault’s projects to Kantian critical philosophy. It is argued that Foucault’s work is Kantian at its core insofar as it institutes a critical inquiry into conditions of possibility. But whereas critique for Kant was transcendental in orientation, in Foucault critique becomes historical, and is much the better for it.

scholarly journals Between 'Devil' and Detournement: Embodied Acts as Methods of Critical Inquiry in Educational Spaces.

2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Wilson Sweeny
Keyword(s):  
Michel Foucault ◽  
Critical Inquiry ◽  
Surveillance Camera ◽  
School Settings ◽  
Educational Spaces ◽  
The Relationship

This paper explores the relationship between surveillance technologies and power as exercised in educational spaces. The theories based in the panoptic gaze as theorized by Michel Foucault provide educators with the opportunity to analyze positions of power in school settings. The critical actions of the Surveillance Camera Players represent examples of active embodiment that might inform a form of pedagogy that investigates panopticism within educational spaces.

scholarly journals Vorsprung durch Technik: On Biotechnology, Bioethics, and Its Beneficiaries

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
NICKY PRIAULX
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Current Form ◽  
Quiet Revolution ◽  
The Real ◽  
Perceived Need ◽  
Concept Of Health ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Critical Turn ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Bioethics as a distinctive field is undergoing a critical turn. It may be a quiet revolution, but a growing body of scholarship illustrates a perceived need for a rethink of the scope of the field and the approaches and priorities that have carried bioethicists through many heady years of success. Few areas of bioethical practice have been left unexamined, ranging from questions as to the sustainability of the discipline in its current form to the “expertise” of its practitioners; the legitimacy of bioethics in the realms of policymaking; its relationship to philosophy; the purchase of empirical and interdisciplinary method; the relationship of bioethics to the real world; bioethical understandings of the concept of “health” (and methods of attainment); its agenda, priorities, and inclusiveness right up to what might be the overarching question: “What is bioethics all about?” Unsurprisingly, these questions elicit varied responses. Scholars from various disciplines have critiqued fundamental tenets of the “ethics” business, albeit as claims of its “conservatism,” “corruption,” and its questionable “usefulness” suggest, not always with a charitable or constructive eye. But quite crucially and often overlooked, bioethics itself has not shied away from the question as to what bioethics is and what it should become; increasingly apparent is that this kind of self-conscious and reflexive theorizing is regarded as a key priority for taking contemporary ethics forward.

scholarly journals The Philosophical Language of Death and Power

2015 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 160-170
Author(s):  
Jason L. Powell
Keyword(s):  
Michel Foucault ◽  
Death And Dying ◽  
Institutional Care ◽  
Social Philosophy ◽  
Care Homes ◽  
Philosophical Language ◽  
The Social ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This article is concerned with understanding the relationship of philosophical languages of death with the social philosophy of Michel Foucault. Foucault’s theoretical tools ‘make sense’ of languages of death in institutions such as care homes. While our responses to death and dying would seem to be very personal and therefore individually determined, they are, in fact, greatly influenced by the beliefs of individuals and “experts” who work in institutions providing care. Therefore, this article not only examines the limitations of bio-medicalized languages of death and dying, but importantly emphasises the importance of Foucault’s conceptual tools to methodologically interrogate how death is managed in institutional care.

scholarly journals Idea of Quasi-transcendental in Philosophy of Deconstruction

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 84-100
Author(s):  
Anna Ilyina
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Empirical Relation ◽  
Transcendental Philosophy ◽  
Critical Attitude ◽  
First Case ◽  
Conditions Of Possibility ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Paper deals with investigation of deconstructive concept of quasi-transcendental in the context of general thematization of transcendental philosophy framework of which deconstruction is thought as a representational version. It was established that quasi-transcendental thinking amounts to such a re-interpretation of theoretical foundation of transcendental discourse in the frame of which moments of critique and hyperbolizing are united.Author brings to light and explores main topics of transcendental thought primarily and foremost subjected to the quasi-transcendental reflection: namely, the problem of relationship between transcendental and empirical and the problem of conditions of possibility. In the first case, an ambivalence of “transcendental-empirical” relation, inherent to transcendental discourse turns out to be sharpened. This relation combines in itself characteristics of opposition and juxtaposition, up to reciprocal conditioning. Transcendental becomes such only with regard to empirical and vise versa. In the second case, questioning on conditions of possibility is reshaped in discourse on conditions of impossibility, which proves to be both critical restriction and hyperbolic extension of the former. Paper shows that development of idea of quasi-transcendental in deconstructive philosophy is an outcome of mutual work of Derrida himself and his eminent commentators. The function and basic senses of concept “quasi”, which it obtains within the scope of deconstructive version of transcendentalism, are determined. In particular, an affinity of Derridian “quasi” with Kantian als ob is ascertained, as well as its connection with both critical attitude and discursive realm of fiction. A peculiarity of concept of ultra-transcendental as variation of notion “quasi-transcendental” is found out.Author explores the relation of quasi-transcendental discourse to empirism and gives reasons for priority of transcendental realm over empirical in Derridian thought. Paper lays bare the relationship of quasi-transcendental thinking with discourse of other, as a fundamental theme of deconstructive philosophy.In sum author claims that (1) importance of the theme of (quasi)transcendental in deconstructive discourse and (2) personal Derrida’s self-identification as quasi-transcendental philosopher serve as crucial reasons for investigation of deconstructive philosophy as a prominent version of transcendental thinking.

scholarly journals POWER DISCOURSE OF SEXUALITY IN SHORT STORIES TITLED MATA TELANJANG (2014) BY DJENAR MAESA AYU AND USHA MY THIRD CHILD (2007) BY SUCHEN CHRISTINE LIM

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-72
Author(s):  
Nailul Ulah Al-Chumairah
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Michel Foucault ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Teenage Girl ◽  
Environmental System ◽  
Economic Practice ◽  
System 2 ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The concept of Michel Foucault power of sexuality perspective has strategic unities. This research uses the genealogy approach of power perspective by Michel Foucault. In this case to dissect relations and effects that arise from the relation of each discourse of sexuality power in the short stories of Mata Telanjang written by Djenar Maesa Ayu and Usha My Third Child written by Suchen Christine Lim. Based on the research that will be conducted, the researcher found 1) Relation of Power  Discourse of Sexuality with Economic Practice, Household (Marriage), and Environmental System. 2) The Relationship of Power Discourse of Sexuality with Body Hysterization Through Medical Practice, and 3) The Relationship of Sexuality Powers Towards Teenage Girl.   Keywords: Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), genealogy, power, literature, sexuality

scholarly journals Imagens do escuro: reflexões sobre subjetividades invisíveis / Images of the darkness: reflections on invisible subjectivities

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Andrea Cristina Coelho Scisleski ◽  
Simone Maria Hüning
Keyword(s):  
Michel Foucault ◽  
Walter Benjamin ◽  
Giorgio Agamben ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
Epistemological Model ◽  
Light And Shadow ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

 AbstractThis paper examines the epistemological model based upon the Enlightenment paradigm that underlies Modern Western thought and discusses other forms of writing and production of knowledge. Based on the the work of Michel Foucault, Walter Benjamin, Giorgio Agamben and others, we consider the production of knowledge in darkness. We start out with an evaluation of the effects of an epistemology of light and the potential of thought in the absence of light. We present an analysis of the relationship of that epistemology with forms of organization and urban lighting, as well as the production of invisible subjectivities. In a writing exercise conducted in a zone of shadows, we relate a story which binds the production of light and shadow and their productive power within contemporary urban society. Finally, this study affirms the power of shadows and the need to devise strategies that allow us to write in or with darkness and with those invisible subjectivities which inhabit it.Keywords: epistemology, writing, cities, subjectivities, powerResumoNesse artigo refletimos sobre o modelo epistemológico pautado na ideia de luzes constituinte do pensamento Ocidental Moderno, discutindo outras formas de escrever e produzir conhecimento. A partir de autores como Michel Foucault, Walter Benjamin e Giorgio Agamben, propomos uma reflexão sobre a produção do conhecimento no escuro. Iniciamos abordando os efeitos da epistemologia da luminosidade e a potência de se pensar nas sombras. Em seguida, analisamos a relação dessa epistemologia com as formas de organização e iluminação das cidades e a produção de subjetividades invisíveis. Em um exercício de escrita a partir de uma zona sombria, trazemos uma história que amarra a produção de luzes e sombras e seu poder produtivo na sociedade urbana contemporânea. Ao final, afirmamos a potência das sombras e a necessidade de construção de estratégias que nos permitam escrever no e com o escuro e com aquelas subjetividades invisíveis que o habitam.Palavras-chave: epistemologia, escrita, cidade, subjetividades, potência AbstractThis paper examines the epistemological model based upon the Enlightenment paradigm that underlies Modern Western thought and discusses other forms of writing and production of knowledge. Based on the the work of Michel Foucault, Walter Benjamin, Giorgio Agamben and others, we consider the production of knowledge in darkness. We start out with an evaluation of the effects of an epistemology of light and the potential of thought in the absence of light. We present an analysis of the relationship of that epistemology with forms of organization and urban lighting, as well as the production of invisible subjectivities. In a writing exercise conducted in a zone of shadows, we relate a story which binds the production of light and shadow and their productive power within contemporary urban society. Finally, this study affirms the power of shadows and the need to devise strategies that allow us to write in or with darkness and with those invisible subjectivities which inhabit it.Keywords: epistemology, writing, cities, subjectivities, powerAbstractThis paper examines the epistemological model based upon the Enlightenment paradigm that underlies Modern Western thought and discusses other forms of writing and production of knowledge. Based on the the work of Michel Foucault, Walter Benjamin, Giorgio Agamben and others, we consider the production of knowledge in darkness. We start out with an evaluation of the effects of an epistemology of light and the potential of thought in the absence of light. We present an analysis of the relationship of that epistemology with forms of organization and urban lighting, as well as the production of invisible subjectivities. In a writing exercise conducted in a zone of shadows, we relate a story which binds the production of light and shadow and their productive power within contemporary urban society. Finally, this study affirms the power of shadows and the need to devise strategies that allow us to write in or with darkness and with those invisible subjectivities which inhabit it.Keywords: epistemology, writing, cities, subjectivities, power

scholarly journals ‘Under attack’: Responsibility, crisis and survival anxiety amongst manager-academics in UK universities

2021 ◽  
pp. 003802612199920
Author(s):  
Vik Loveday
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
The State ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
The Future ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Based on a small-scale qualitative study, the article explores the perceptions of manager-academics on the state of the UK’s higher education sector. Universities have been undergoing a process of marketisation for some time now, but recent changes to the regulation and audit of their activities – as well as uncertainty engendered by broader events – arguably make this a turbulent period for the sector. Despite a growing body of critical work on academic labour in the ‘neoliberalising’ university, the management of these institutions remains an under-researched subject. The article considers perceptions of crisis and responsibility amongst a group of manager-academics who conceive the sector as being ‘under attack’, before exploring the relationship of ‘survival anxiety’ to audit, metrics and rankings. The article concludes by considering why the perceptions of senior academic managers matter for the future of universities.

The relationship of the scleractinian corals to the rugose corals

Paleobiology ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 6 (02) ◽  
pp. 146-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Oliver
Keyword(s):  
Critical Points ◽  
Scleractinian Corals ◽  
Convincing Evidence ◽  
Early Triassic ◽  
Rugose Corals ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Biologic Factors

The Mesozoic-Cenozoic coral Order Scleractinia has been suggested to have originated or evolved (1) by direct descent from the Paleozoic Order Rugosa or (2) by the development of a skeleton in members of one of the anemone groups that probably have existed throughout Phanerozoic time. In spite of much work on the subject, advocates of the direct descent hypothesis have failed to find convincing evidence of this relationship. Critical points are:(1) Rugosan septal insertion is serial; Scleractinian insertion is cyclic; no intermediate stages have been demonstrated. Apparent intermediates are Scleractinia having bilateral cyclic insertion or teratological Rugosa.(2) There is convincing evidence that the skeletons of many Rugosa were calcitic and none are known to be or to have been aragonitic. In contrast, the skeletons of all living Scleractinia are aragonitic and there is evidence that fossil Scleractinia were aragonitic also. The mineralogic difference is almost certainly due to intrinsic biologic factors.(3) No early Triassic corals of either group are known. This fact is not compelling (by itself) but is important in connection with points 1 and 2, because, given direct descent, both changes took place during this only stage in the history of the two groups in which there are no known corals.

Skeletal elements of crinoid echinoderms: High-resolution structural and microanalytical results

1983 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 194-195
Author(s):  
D. F. Blake ◽  
L. F. Allard ◽  
D. R. Peacor
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Marine Invertebrates ◽  
Sea Urchins ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Sea Stars ◽  
High Resolution Tem ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

Echinodermata is a phylum of marine invertebrates which has been extant since Cambrian time (c.a. 500 m.y. before the present). Modern examples of echinoderms include sea urchins, sea stars, and sea lilies (crinoids). The endoskeletons of echinoderms are composed of plates or ossicles (Fig. 1) which are with few exceptions, porous, single crystals of high-magnesian calcite. Despite their single crystal nature, fracture surfaces do not exhibit the near-perfect {10.4} cleavage characteristic of inorganic calcite. This paradoxical mix of biogenic and inorganic features has prompted much recent work on echinoderm skeletal crystallography. Furthermore, fossil echinoderm hard parts comprise a volumetrically significant portion of some marine limestones sequences. The ultrastructural and microchemical characterization of modern skeletal material should lend insight into: 1). The nature of the biogenic processes involved, for example, the relationship of Mg heterogeneity to morphological and structural features in modern echinoderm material, and 2). The nature of the diagenetic changes undergone by their ancient, fossilized counterparts. In this study, high resolution TEM (HRTEM), high voltage TEM (HVTEM), and STEM microanalysis are used to characterize tha ultrastructural and microchemical composition of skeletal elements of the modern crinoid Neocrinus blakei.

Studies on Leukemogenic and Sarcomagenic Viruses

1970 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 156-157
Author(s):  
Leon Dmochowski
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Morphological Properties ◽  
Mode Of Development ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Electron microscopy has proved to be an invaluable discipline in studies on the relationship of viruses to the origin of leukemia, sarcoma, and other types of tumors in animals and man. The successful cell-free transmission of leukemia and sarcoma in mice, rats, hamsters, and cats, interpreted as due to a virus or viruses, was proved to be due to a virus on the basis of electron microscope studies. These studies demonstrated that all the types of neoplasia in animals of the species examined are produced by a virus of certain characteristic morphological properties similar, if not identical, in the mode of development in all types of neoplasia in animals, as shown in Fig. 1.

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