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The idea of the repressive hypothesis within a discourse – enjoy!
The idea of the repressive hypothesis in Foucault’s History of Sexuality finds its crucial formula in what Foucault would call a notion of silence. Foucault calls silence “the absolute limit of discourse (page 27)” and characterizes silence as a discretion … Continue reading →
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The Will to Knowledge
To me, the philosopher is one possessing the will to knowledge. Nietzsche counciled the philosopher to turn his will to knowledge into his will to power. Is this what Foucault has done? Or, perhaps, Foucault turned such a will around, and unearthed a much more insidious will, a will to classify, to assert, to make […]
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Arts One Ramblings
On the shelves stand monuments. They are not eternal. They are dead, all but the possibilities of resurrection. I think of Borges. I think of Bataille. I think of Blanchot. Today, in this city of rain and glass, we examine countless volumes under a neutral sky. We examine, we do not read. The sacred is […]
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Sex, Society, Power, etc.
It may well be that we talk about sex more than anything else…It is possible that where sex is concerned, the most long-winded, the most impatient of societies is our own. 33 Yep, we care a whole lot about sex. When I picked up Foucault’s History of Sexuality, I thought he would be discussing the […] Continue reading →
History of sexuality!
Ok so after reading History of Sexuality I thought this was just another dry read, but as usual after lecture and hearing the points laid out again in simple terms I actually found it to be pretty interesting. A few … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Sexualities and Fetishes
This week for Arts One we read Michel Foucault’s The History of Sexuality. Now I have not completely finished the book, therefore I have not yet formed a strong opinion on the overall text. But it definitely was not what … Continue reading → Continue reading →
A Note on Foucault and Sexuality
After reading a bit of Foucault, it made my mind do a bit of running. I will say though, it deserves a second read to understand it more clearly. But, as I was saying… Reading Foucault made me really think about how we think about sexuality today. I don’t know how to think of it […] Continue reading →
foucault and the history of sexuality
i supposed there were two questions that rang in my head throughout my reading of this book 1. “wait, wouldn’t freud’s case of hysteria and this book link better in terms of essay topics?’ 2. “wait, i know this is … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Sexy Secrets: A Few Questions for Foucault
Well, lecture today clarified a whole lot for me in this text. It was very helpful to have repressions explained, as they seem to shape Foucault’s thought train in the book. This blog post is about the ideas that Foucault … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Thoughts on Foucault
Upon reading Foucault’s text this week, I found myself intrigued because it didn’t feel like I was reading a typical work of philosophy. I think it was summed up during lecture when Christina said that Foucault never attempted to suggest new ways of thinking, but more so leaves it up to the reader to take […] Continue reading →
