ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Judith Butler, Biopolitics, Social Constructionism
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First section: 15 short answer questions, no choice. Second section: one essay question, choice, 10 points. All readings, lectures, and in-class discussion up to and including week 6 (oct 17th) Social constructionism: theoretical and methodological contributions to medical. Construction of biomedical knowledge as a social and cultural process. Dialectical relationship between biomedical knowledge and social relations. More examples: sexuality and the medicalization of menopause (lock"s local. Governmentality: foucault term for the distinct arts and political rationality of modern governments: biopower being specific branch of governmentality dealing with the power over life. Shift from sovereign power to modern power in 17th century. Sovereign power: repressive, unidirectional/top-down, can take life or let live , object: expansion of territory/wealth, embodied in the monarch (or repressive totalitarian state) Biopower: productive, multi-directional, decentralized, dispersed, works through regulation of life itself, object: control of life, embodied in the work of institutions, expert knowledge and discourses, internalized practices of normalizations and self-discipline (subjectification)