The use and abuse of genealogy : genealogical critique from Nietzsche to Said

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dc.contributor.advisorBlond, Louisen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorNaicker, Veeranen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-24T06:34:56Z
dc.date.available2016-06-24T06:34:56Z
dc.date.issued2015en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis traces the use and abuse of genealogy, from Friedrich Nietzsche to Edward Said. After elucidating Nietzsche and Michel Foucault's coherent configuration of the genealogical method in their own philosophical projects, it critically deconstructs and rejects the claim that the post-colonial thinker in Edward Said's book 'Orientalism' is a genealogy in a similar sense to Nietzsche and Foucault. The rejection of Said's texts and Orientalism's status as a genealogical history is premised on a critical analysis of Said's misreading and negation of key Nietzschean and Foucauldian concepts such as power, discourse and the body. Following a rejection of the post-colonial appropriation of genealogy, this thesis concludes by suggesting some revisions for a more coherent deployment of genealogy in post-colonial theory through a closer reading of the relationship between the body and power, with regard to the question of subjectification.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationNaicker, V. (2015). <i>The use and abuse of genealogy : genealogical critique from Nietzsche to Said</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20134en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationNaicker, Veeran. <i>"The use and abuse of genealogy : genealogical critique from Nietzsche to Said."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20134en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNaicker, V. 2015. The use and abuse of genealogy : genealogical critique from Nietzsche to Said. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Naicker, Veeran AB - This thesis traces the use and abuse of genealogy, from Friedrich Nietzsche to Edward Said. After elucidating Nietzsche and Michel Foucault's coherent configuration of the genealogical method in their own philosophical projects, it critically deconstructs and rejects the claim that the post-colonial thinker in Edward Said's book 'Orientalism' is a genealogy in a similar sense to Nietzsche and Foucault. The rejection of Said's texts and Orientalism's status as a genealogical history is premised on a critical analysis of Said's misreading and negation of key Nietzschean and Foucauldian concepts such as power, discourse and the body. Following a rejection of the post-colonial appropriation of genealogy, this thesis concludes by suggesting some revisions for a more coherent deployment of genealogy in post-colonial theory through a closer reading of the relationship between the body and power, with regard to the question of subjectification. DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - The use and abuse of genealogy : genealogical critique from Nietzsche to Said TI - The use and abuse of genealogy : genealogical critique from Nietzsche to Said UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20134 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/20134
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationNaicker V. The use and abuse of genealogy : genealogical critique from Nietzsche to Said. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 2015 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20134en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Religious Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherReligious Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleThe use and abuse of genealogy : genealogical critique from Nietzsche to Saiden_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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