SOCI 333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sui Generis
11 Mar 2016
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Often used to "disenchant" something: show lowly origins. Morality has origins in the resentment of the weaker who sought to conquer the stronger through creating discourses that create guilt. Genealogical analysis shows liberty is an "invention of the ruling classes" Truth (even incorrect truth) becomes set through history. Fragments what was thought to be unified, shows heterogeneity. Social life is heterogeneous (bunch of different fragments) Post colonial theory: rather than one point of conflict (marx) look at many. Not composed of successive configurations, but result from substitutions, displacement. Power is not "owned" by individual, but distributed across a network. The effect that power has on society, shaping of society. Network of power works without being wielded by the individual. Relations of power are not in a position of exteriority to other relationships relationships. Knowledge can only be extracted from an individual through power relationships. Can"t have power without having techniques of knowledge.
