Foucault, Young
First note: The readings for Thursday--two chapters from Justice and the Politics of Difference by Iris Marion Young, are on e-reserve. However, the author is listed, inexplicably, as Yang. Do not be deterred by this complication.By now you should be in the process of finishing up with Foucault.
A few questions for you as you finish up:
Does Foucault succeed in providing an alternative to juridico-political/sovereign models of power?
What are the key features of this alternative?
Why does Foucault call it "bio-power" in the concluding section of the book?
Foucault concludes by speculating that one day people will be very puzzled by the importance with which we viewed sex and sexuality in our society. What is it that will puzzle them so much, according to Foucault? Has he provided reason to find his suspicion likely?
posted by David Watkins @ 8:24 PM
1 Comments:
Foucault does make a different approach to power than Young's analysis of justice and the distribution of wealth, power, etc. By analyzing the social element new actors emerge with new techniques of repressing opponents. The social element combines the analysis of distribution of power and resources together with the ability to convince other groups to systematically alienate potential competitors in the political/social arena.
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