Please note: this post is under construction whilst I read the article below. This notice will be removed when it’s complete. The subject and power Why study power? The question of the Subject Foucault states that it his intention to establish the historicity of the modes by which individuals become the subjects of power. Foucault [...]
Foucault critiques Kant’s article Was ist Aufklärung? and notes that Kant believes that enlightenment is both and individual task and a responsibility of society. He shows how Kant believes enlightenment cannot be achieved whilst we are immature, by which he means that we simply take orders where reason could be applied. Examples are given. Relying [...]
Commentary on The Formation of Objects that’s slightly easier to read than the original.
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