Modernity and politics of the self : an investigation of the political project underlying the work of Michel Foucault

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dc.contributor.advisorDu Toit, Andréen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorRothgiesser, Stephen Alanen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-14T12:28:44Z
dc.date.available2015-10-14T12:28:44Z
dc.date.issued1995en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 216-219.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe central task of this dissertation is to explore Michel Foucault's conception of the human subject, and its interaction with power. Foucault offers a unique and controversial description of both the latter. After positing that his work is both coherent and political in nature, the dissertation investigates Foucault's books, lectures, interviews and articles throughout his three main periods. I have named these his Knowledge, Power, and Ethics periods to delineate different theoretical focuses in each period which are nevertheless underscored by a singular and continuous concern on Foucault's part with the constitution of the modern human subject; in addition, Foucault is interested in problematizing the "birth" and existence of this latter construction, which he believes is problematic in terms of the epistemological foundation upon which it rests, and the ontological consequences of such an entity.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationRothgiesser, S. A. (1995). <i>Modernity and politics of the self : an investigation of the political project underlying the work of Michel Foucault</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14227en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationRothgiesser, Stephen Alan. <i>"Modernity and politics of the self : an investigation of the political project underlying the work of Michel Foucault."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14227en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationRothgiesser, S. 1995. Modernity and politics of the self : an investigation of the political project underlying the work of Michel Foucault. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Rothgiesser, Stephen Alan AB - The central task of this dissertation is to explore Michel Foucault's conception of the human subject, and its interaction with power. Foucault offers a unique and controversial description of both the latter. After positing that his work is both coherent and political in nature, the dissertation investigates Foucault's books, lectures, interviews and articles throughout his three main periods. I have named these his Knowledge, Power, and Ethics periods to delineate different theoretical focuses in each period which are nevertheless underscored by a singular and continuous concern on Foucault's part with the constitution of the modern human subject; in addition, Foucault is interested in problematizing the "birth" and existence of this latter construction, which he believes is problematic in terms of the epistemological foundation upon which it rests, and the ontological consequences of such an entity. DA - 1995 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1995 T1 - Modernity and politics of the self : an investigation of the political project underlying the work of Michel Foucault TI - Modernity and politics of the self : an investigation of the political project underlying the work of Michel Foucault UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14227 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationRothgiesser SA. Modernity and politics of the self : an investigation of the political project underlying the work of Michel Foucault. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 1995 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14227en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Political Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPolitical Studiesen_ZA
dc.subject.otherModernityen_ZA
dc.subject.otherMichel Foucaulten_ZA
dc.titleModernity and politics of the self : an investigation of the political project underlying the work of Michel Foucaulten_ZA
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