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The document discusses several topics related to philosophy, social sciences, and theories of knowledge and power. It covers structuralism, the relationship between normal and abnormal, how science studies both the individual and death, and debates around human nature. Key concepts mentioned include power-knowledge, the shift to more subtle forms of power, and the invention of concepts like the homosexual.

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Philosophy, history, psychology, sociology, medicine, gender studies, literary and cultural critique. Power, self identity, epistemology, and the evolution of systems of thought and meaning. Social construction and Human Nature
Structuralism An attempt to unify the human sciences by applying a single methodology Saussure and Levi-Strauss Breaking down language into precise units and then interpreted objectively Interpretations relied upon very precise definitions of concepts
No one text has meaning, rather it is a web of relations Text is penetrated by outside forces ever shifting, unstable, and open to question
Normal v. Abnormal Time based concepts We define normal through abnormal
Accounting for the individual through the development of science and the study of death
Episteme What constitutes as acceptable? Man becomes both object and subject of study The advent of human sciences
Human Nature We can only see the world on our own terms Challenges Sartre and Existential Freedom Meaning is not predetermined by outside forces, it is constructed by men we make it up as we go
The Resistance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TDSLaDZHLo&feature=related Everything is accounted for by the system.
Power acts through us Power is the texture of our lives, we live it rather than have it, and we can not escape it. Power-knowledge
A shift in understanding of power Traditional power; Monolithic, hierarchical, clearly visible New notions: Ensures by right, technique, normalization, control More subtle than traditional roles, thus easier to overlook and harder the resist
Scientia Sexualis and Ars Erotica The truth of sexual procedure versus the erotic art, and the truth that is drawn from pleasure. The invention of the homosexual

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  • 1. 油
  • 2. Philosophy, history, psychology, sociology, medicine, gender studies, literary and cultural critique. Power, self identity, epistemology, and the evolution of systems of thought and meaning. Social construction and Human Nature
  • 3. Structuralism An attempt to unify the human sciences by applying a single methodology Saussure and Levi-Strauss Breaking down language into precise units and then interpreted objectively Interpretations relied upon very precise definitions of concepts
  • 4. No one text has meaning, rather it is a web of relations Text is penetrated by outside forces ever shifting, unstable, and open to question
  • 5. Normal v. Abnormal Time based concepts We define normal through abnormal
  • 6. Accounting for the individual through the development of science and the study of death
  • 7. Episteme What constitutes as acceptable? Man becomes both object and subject of study The advent of human sciences
  • 8. Human Nature We can only see the world on our own terms Challenges Sartre and Existential Freedom Meaning is not predetermined by outside forces, it is constructed by men we make it up as we go
  • 10. Power acts through us Power is the texture of our lives, we live it rather than have it, and we can not escape it. Power-knowledge
  • 11. A shift in understanding of power Traditional power; Monolithic, hierarchical, clearly visible New notions: Ensures by right, technique, normalization, control More subtle than traditional roles, thus easier to overlook and harder the resist
  • 12. Scientia Sexualis and Ars Erotica The truth of sexual procedure versus the erotic art, and the truth that is drawn from pleasure. The invention of the homosexual