Foucault

Foucault perceived of power as a multi-faceted, multi-dimensional, dynamic phenomenon which, to all intents and purposes, belonged to no one and everyone.

I examine and critique Ms. Vaughan's thesis of colonial medicine in the African colonies.

This research paper covers types of visual art that skew or distort reality in the perceptions of the viewer and examples of this type of art. Some historical background will be covered to give context, as well as examples from contemporary art.

Recollections of a conversation with philosopher/historian Michel Foucault shortly before his death in 1984

An analysis of Foucault's famous essay.

Kerouac was considered outsider literature. Does this mean his writings play into Michel Foucault's theories about culture?

In the short story "The Smallest Woman in the World," Bourdieu's ideas of taste and the Foucault's rules of formation are replicated in Lispector's demonstration of language within social boundaries.

In theory, the Panopticon is a circular building made up of multiple rings of holding cells, one on top of the other. In the center of these rings is a tower, to observe the activity of the prisoners, workers, etc.

Exploration of our carceral society seen through the works of Michel Foucault

In what has been described as a "ground breaking" book, Michel Foucault discusses in Discipline and Punish the evolution of philosophical approaches to the treatment of criminals inside penal institutions.

It has been said, "there are no innocent eyes." We do not merely absorb the world about us. In a sense we actively create what we see by choosing what to see and what to overlook, by prioritizing what we do choose to see and by critically analyzing what we see.

This paper loosely chronicles the history of psychology and how society determined abnormality, and by residue led to a revolution in psychology and law.

A major philosophical debate revolves around the power and effectiveness of writing to disseminate knowledge. Philosophers have reviewed the ability of written text to accurately transfer ideas without meaning being lost during the exchange.

Virtual Fornication Coming. Excuse my French! However since Foucault began to prophesy regarding discourse and sex, we have witnessed the continual virtualization of everything. It must be a divine plan.

Foucault speaks of a hidden network which contains the unformed rules of formation which govern the how people define objects of studies, concepts and build theories.

The most recent episode Lost, 316, was considerably more revealing and rewarding than any of the other episodes of Season 5 to date. It also was packed with numerous literary references, some glaring and some subtle.

College paper on the vital balance between rules and freedom in society and how important it is to preserve it.

An analysis of smart student identification cards in the context of Marc Augé's "Non-Places," Bruno Latour's "Pandora's Hope," and Michael Foucault's "Power/Knowledge." Discusses non-places, the paradoxes of representational schema, and the Panopticon mentality.

He prowled back and forth across the room giving his prepared speech. The lecture hall of thirty or so students reduced itself to only me. Only me, and my faith, and my teacher.