SOCIOL 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Talcott Parsons, Biopower, Post-Structuralism
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Rights: the individual is exempt from normal social roles, the individual is not responsible for their condition. It is not normal" to want to feel sick. So that they may return to their ordinary role in society (this is what makes it a functionalist theory) The medical system has to see medical conditions as legitimate forms of illness in order for the person to be excused. Dq: how is this different from foucault"s notion of biopower"? (post-structuralist) Individuals should take the needed steps to improve their health and prevent illness. A mental or physical condition that limits people"s everyday activities and restricts what they can do. Place individual before the disability to focus on a person"s abilities rather than limitation use phrase people with disabilities . A person who has depression vs. a depressed person. Big changes in how we conceptualize the self. Eg. , women have higher rates of mood disorders than men across all ages.
