SOSC 3992 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Knowledge Power, Post-Structuralism, Sisal

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 3992
• Professor: Dena Demos

Document Summary

Has had huge impact on areas such as sociology, criminology, police studies, cultural studies, literary studies, historiography, marxism, gay and lesbian studies, and many more areas. (e. g. sexuality does not exist except as part of discursive formation. Post-structuralism: characterized by the denial of the human-being as the privileged object of philosophical analysis, focusing instead on the social, linguistic and unconscious determinants of thought. How are some discourses are elevated to the point that we just accept it as it is, vs some that are marginalized. If we understand such process we can resists and protest these hegemonic beliefs. His focus was on the hegemonic discourse of madness, sexuality, and social identity. Alll such discourses are completely socially constructed (socialized). We invent these ways of living, understanding and lifestyles. Subjectivity: our personal feelings, tastes, or opinions. It operates through the internalization of specific norms.