History of Sexuality
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Michel Foucault can without hesitation be considered one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century. Its importance stems, first of all, from its effort to historicize the concept of "subject", which is considered to have an ahistorical quality in contemporary Western philosophy. In many of his works, especially in the book you are holding, the thinker poses provocative questions about the establishment of the subject as a philosophical category: How was what we call "subject" established in the historical process? What discursive frameworks, what knowledge/power mechanisms, what truth games surround this establishment process? What huge mechanisms sustain the idea that we become freer as we become individualized, that is, as we see ourselves as "subjects" of our actions?
The History of Sexuality becomes the final work of Foucault, who has been pondering the history of mental illness, medicine, and prison throughout his career. According to him, sexuality is not a natural instinct struggling for liberation under an oppressive power, but a mechanism that is central to the functioning of a new form of power. This mechanism has indispensable functions in establishing ourselves as "subjects"; It reminds us again and again that our sexual activity is the most "natural", the most "fundamental" and therefore the most "subjective" dimension in us. According to this mechanism, if we want to know ourselves as a "subject", we need to think about the thing called sexuality, make it as understandable as possible, put it into discourse and ask it what we are. However, says Foucault, the device in question integrates with us, becomes invisible and escapes us to the extent that we believe that it reveals that unknown "authentic self" within us.
At this point, the groundbreaking feature of the present study in all fields of social sciences, especially political philosophy, emerges: What is raised together with the problem of sexuality is, first of all, a problem of power. However, in order to understand this problem correctly, we must leave aside the idea of "oppressive power" that has been accepted by classical political thought in the West for centuries, and develop a brand new theory of power; It is necessary to emphasize self-creation as an alternative to liberation, and intensification of pleasure instead of liberation of desire. The book in your hands is one of the most important texts in which this new theory of power was put forward. This new form of power, which is inherent in all relationships, comes from below rather than above, not only destroys but also produces, and brings with it new possibilities of resistance, finds its brightest expression in this text. It should not be forgotten that this unfortunately incomplete work is not only an extraordinary work of history, but also a philosophical text that deeply shook the social sciences.
The History of Sexuality becomes the final work of Foucault, who has been pondering the history of mental illness, medicine, and prison throughout his career. According to him, sexuality is not a natural instinct struggling for liberation under an oppressive power, but a mechanism that is central to the functioning of a new form of power. This mechanism has indispensable functions in establishing ourselves as "subjects"; It reminds us again and again that our sexual activity is the most "natural", the most "fundamental" and therefore the most "subjective" dimension in us. According to this mechanism, if we want to know ourselves as a "subject", we need to think about the thing called sexuality, make it as understandable as possible, put it into discourse and ask it what we are. However, says Foucault, the device in question integrates with us, becomes invisible and escapes us to the extent that we believe that it reveals that unknown "authentic self" within us.
At this point, the groundbreaking feature of the present study in all fields of social sciences, especially political philosophy, emerges: What is raised together with the problem of sexuality is, first of all, a problem of power. However, in order to understand this problem correctly, we must leave aside the idea of "oppressive power" that has been accepted by classical political thought in the West for centuries, and develop a brand new theory of power; It is necessary to emphasize self-creation as an alternative to liberation, and intensification of pleasure instead of liberation of desire. The book in your hands is one of the most important texts in which this new theory of power was put forward. This new form of power, which is inherent in all relationships, comes from below rather than above, not only destroys but also produces, and brings with it new possibilities of resistance, finds its brightest expression in this text. It should not be forgotten that this unfortunately incomplete work is not only an extraordinary work of history, but also a philosophical text that deeply shook the social sciences.
| Publisher | : | Details Publications |
| Number of pages | : | 496 |
| Publication Year | : | 2015 |
| ISBN | : | 9789755393902 |
| Translator | : | Hülya Uğur Tanrıöver |
| The heart | : | Turkish |
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