Commenting on the significance of Rousseau’s Confessions, Gutman (1988, p. 102) states: “…there has indeed been an immense labor to turn man into a subject (an individuated self and a defined personage in the social order) in order to subject him more completely and inescapably to the traversals and furrowings of power.” For Gutman the [...]
Armstrong outlines one of the primary reasons for her leaving the church: the belief that she was not permitted to speak up against church doctrine. A strategy of censorship is one that supports the power of the church by silencing dissent and dulling resistance efforts. Here’s part of the text of this post: And so, [...]
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 [...]
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