AS 150.269 - Foucault’s Genealogical Inquiries: Biopolitics, the Prison, and Sexuality

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Johns Hopkins University

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Description:

The course will undertake a close philosophical examination of the influential works by Michel Foucault (“Discipline & Punish,” and “The History of Sexuality”) and the genealogical method used in these texts in order to inquire into the origins of the social and psychological formations operating in modern societies. Foucault conceived his own project as “writing history of the present,” an attempt to give a philosophical account of how we became what we are today. We will read these texts with particular attention to the genealogical method and try to understand the defining features of this method, how it differs from other ways of doing philosophy, what its strengths and shortfalls are, and whether it is a viable option for philosophical investigation.

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.jhu.edu

Phone Number:

(410) 516-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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