RELG 456 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Michel Foucault, Dispositif

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 456
• Professor: Jim Kanaris

Document Summary

Now we are situated in the phase four, where political discourse starts to take shape and challenge what is rendered a norm . While recognizing phenomenology as a movement within such dialogue, we examine what are the means we use to negotiate such norms and standards. Michel foucault was one scholar who represented the post-structuralism , which aims to submerse the worldview it previously presupposes. We are using a new vocabulary used by religious scholars and investigating religion with a non-systematic approach of cultural facts. Under such light we have to understand there is no method that will guarantee certitude. Michel foucault, would be one of many prominent scholars to study institutions and socialization. After him scholars could not longer just describe religion, but actively engage with it - subject to personal investment and personal value. Therefore - technology of the self - self awareness.