The Ethics of Power.

Having Foucault's triptical project of defining technologies of knowledge, power and of the self as framework, I will provide an articulation of the modes of existence of the (transmuted) modern subject and I will argue why is it relevant to redefine individuality today. In a society where power...

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Publicado en:International Journal of the Humanities Vol. 3; no. 3; pp. 181 - 189
Autor principal: da Costa, Marta Nunes
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Common Ground Research Networks Nov2005
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