ANT365H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Libido, Michel Foucault
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Phrases such as just be yourself , be your own person , live your own life etc. People find themselves in a variety of ways such as trips to asia, ancestral homes, meditation or yoga, etc. Variety of actions to find oneself suggests that this is no easy task. What prevents me from being my true self? all of the following prevents the development of the true self constantly told who or what i am by others playing designated roles ex. I am a student and a daughter pressure to act in a certain way in order to affirm other people"s expectations regarding who i am technologies available to alter myself (physically and chemically) ex. Being true to self can be reasonably said to be one of the central problems of modern life found everywhere in out culture (movies, shows, etc)
