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On Foucault’s Interpretations of Infirmity and Healing
0 Comments Published by Cynthia R. Nielsen February 13th, 2006 in Michel FoucaultThis is my last post from Schuld’s excellent book, Foucault and Augustine: Reconsidering Love and Power. In this installment, I focus mainly on selected passages centered on Foucault’s interpretations of infirmity and healing.
Interpretations of “infirmity” in sanctioning cultural responses to human differences, deviations, and imperfections
Foucault is aware of a shift of governing metaphors, [...]


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