MALS 556 - Foucault

Institution:

Duquesne University

Subject:

MALS - Master Arts Lib Studies

Description:

In the style of such academics as Noam Chomsky and Edward Said, Michel Foucault is also a political activist (hence an intellectual in perhaps the most honorable sense of the word). Yet his many critics claim that Foucault's archaeological and genealogical enterprises - his genealogies of how human beings constitute themselves as subjects - imply that we have no rational and subject-centered basis for political or ethical committment (for liberation, emancipation, revolution or even reform in any significant sense of the term). The major aim of the course will be to evaluate this claim in light of our understanding of Foucault's archaeological and genealogical methods and their application to specific domains.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.duq.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 396-6000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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