ANTH 407 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Classical Marxism, Medicalization, Smallpox
19 Aug 2019
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Anth 407 lecture 4 february 1st 2017. Foucault"s notion of power and productive power vs. negative power. Freud"s notions of sexuality vs. foucault"s notions of desire following from things as. Ideas of discipline, desire, race, sexuality, power being forbidden (against the repressive theory presented by freud) Individual body as a mechanism of control: discourse around bodies meant to control bodies in a certain way. Internalized power (something we are learning, something we want as humans) State control and bodies: noso-politics the politics of disease. How development of christian church turned sexuality into abnormality. Christian church taking on persona of psychiatric care facility. Consolidated power in church became doctors in society. Forced to confess annually/monthly to priest about sexual/sins in general. Any sexual activity outside of marriage, or beyond reproductive purposes seen as negative. Where would dishonesty fit in (withholding truth from priest): lying as most likely not occurring fear for the soul (burning in hell)
