Submitted by Andrea Hayashi (deachan@gmail.com) on 2016-06-23T12:54:17Z No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao-adriano-henrique-de-souza-ferraz.pdf: 1319280 bytes, checksum: 6b12b7fa138e773f4cb0bb8df0f34cba (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Andrea Hayashi (deachan@gmail.com) on 2016-06-23T12:54:55Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao-adriano-henrique-de-souza-ferraz.pdf: 1319280 bytes, checksum: 6b12b7fa138e773f4cb0bb8df0f34cba (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-23T12:54:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao-adriano-henrique-de-souza-ferraz.pdf: 1319280 bytes, checksum: 6b12b7fa138e773f4cb0bb8df0f34cba (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-05 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Selon notre hypothèse, la littérature n'est pas un concept marginal dans la pensée de Foucault. Il existe une relation très étroite entre la littérature et l'ordre de la connaissance dans la pensée archéologique. Même lorsque les savoirs modernes se tournent vers l'homme et enferment le problème de la finitude, la language littéraire elle-même que la résistance et la résilience de paradigme anthropologique légué par Kant que l'introduction de la subjectivité transcendantale, cloisters, selon Foucault, la connaissance moderne dans le problème de la finitude humaine. Ce qui met en question est l'institution de l'ordre de la connaissance et les limites de la connaissance, ainsi que la constitution de l'objet en vertu de cette connaissance qui le processus de la subjectivité/objectivité de l'individu. La littérature dans ce contexte, serait en mesure de contester non seulement les connaissances classiques et les modernes qui cherchent à consolider, mais de posséder un pouvoir de transgression et de résistance supérieure à celle qui a été fait par le biais de la philosophie, à la fois par la dogmatisme classique que par la critique moderne. L'objectif de cette recherche est de procéder à une lecture attentive de Les mots et les choses, de prêter attention aux mouvements de sa pensée vers la compréhension de l'évolution des deux concepts de la subjectivité et de la littérature, ce qui explique la corrélation entre les deux. / Segundo nossa hipótese, a literatura não é um conceito marginal no pensamento de Foucault. Há uma relação muito estreita entre a literatura e a ordem dos saberes no pensamento arqueológico. Mesmo quando os saberes modernos se voltam para o homem e o encerram no problema da finitude, a linguagem literária se apresenta como resistência e superação do paradigma antropológico legado por Kant que, com a instauração da subjetividade transcendental, enclausura, segundo Foucault, os saberes modernos na problemática da finitude do ser humano. O que se coloca em questão é a instituição da ordem dos saberes e os limites do conhecimento, bem como a própria constituição do sujeito segundo tais saberes que operam o processo de subjetivação/objetivação do indivíduo. A literatura, sob este prisma, seria capaz não apenas de contestar os saberes clássicos e modernos que buscam se consolidar, mas de possuir um poder de transgressão e resistência maior do que se fez por meio da filosofia, tanto pelo dogmatismo clássico como pela crítica moderna. O objetivo desta pesquisa consiste em proceder à leitura detida de As palavras e as coisas, atentando aos movimentos de seu pensamento com vistas ao entendimento da elaboração dos dois conceitos de subjetividade e de literatura, esclarecendo a correlação existente entre eles.

Ce travail de thèse propose l’examen d’une éthique du sujet, selon Michel Foucault, comme voie possible permettant de se libérer des relations savoir-pouvoir et de ses effets de subjectivation. Mais la liberté ne peut pas être identifiée à une simple libération d’un pouvoir extérieur, elle est dans sa forme ultime, un choix volontaire, une action de soi sur soi qui a pour projet de forger soi-même sa propre subjectivité, en ayant recours à ses propres techniques. Il s’agit d’un « devenir sujet », c'est-à-dire d’avoir la capacité d’agir, de se produire, de se transformer en sujet d’action politique et sociale. L’objectif est de montrer la valeur et l’importance d’une approche éthique pour l’homme d’aujourd’hui : l’interrogation concerne le sujet et sa capacité d’être l’agent et le maître de son existence. / This thesis proposes, following Michel Foucault’s work, an enquiry into the ethics of the subject as a possible way to free oneself from knowledge-power relations and the effects of subjectivation. Freedom cannot, however, be identified with a simple emancipation from an external power; it is, in its ultimate form, a voluntary choice, a self-action that carries the project of forging its own subjectivity, with the use of its own techniques. It’s a “becoming-subject”, namely, having the ability to act, to produce, and to transform itself into a political and social subject. The aim of this thesis is to show the value and importance of an ethical approach for the present time, the issue at hand being the subject and its ability to be the agent and the master of its existence.

The North American ice hockey world has come to realise that concussions are a major problem and a threat to the sport and to the National Hockey League (NHL). The media coverage of the concussions suffered by several NHL stars and of the scientific advancements in the detection and long-term effects of concussions has intensified over the last 20 years. A discourse analysis of Canadian newspaper coverage of concussions in the NHL in 1997-1999 and 2010-2012 focusing on the production of discursive objects and subjects reveals two important discourses. On the one hand, emerging objects of the discourses of blame and responsibility for the concussions in the NHL gained prominence in the later timeframe, especially blame on the NHL, the rulebook and hockey’s violent and risk-taking culture. On the other hand, a shift in reporting saw the emergence of a new subject position for the concussed hockey player, that of a frail and vulnerable subject. More NHL players are covered as ‘suffering’ subjects concerned with both physical pain and the mental health problems associated to concussions, rather than merely as athletes. Indeed, the impact of concussions on the personal lives of players is now an object of discourses that also produce the NHL player as a family member. Finally, former hockey players’ stories who have suffered serious concussions are recounted as a cautionary tale, opposing early retirement as a result of health issues to persistence in playing despite such health concerns.

Läraren behöver förhålla sig till många olika aktörer, lagar och regler i sin yrkesutövning. Samtidigt ska läraren bedriva lektioner där relationen till eleverna blir viktiga. Alla relationer innehåller utövning av makt och således också relationen mellan elev och lärare i klassrummet. Syftet med denna studie är att synliggöra och förstå maktrelationen mellan elever och lärare och vilka konsekvenser elevernas maktutövning får på undervisningen. Som teoretisk utgångspunkt har vi använt oss av Foucaults resonemang om disciplin, normalisering och maktrelationer. Vår empiri har samlats in genom 10 stycken tematiskt öppna intervjuer. Empirin sorterades genom att vi skapade koder och kategorier utifrån vårt teoretiska ramverk samt den insamlade empirin. Vårt kodade material analyserades sedan genom att vi studerade relationen mellan teori och empiri. Vårt resultat visar att elever använder flertalet strategier i sin maktutövning gentemot lärare, som i sin tur leder till att lektioner och undervisning påverkas på olika sätt. Resultatet tyder också på att goda relationer är grundläggande för en lyckad undervisning. Studiens resultat bidrar till att ytterligare synliggöra elevers påverkansstrategier samt de informella maktrelationerna mellan elev och lärare genom att använda Foucault teoretiska resonemang om maktrelationer och disciplinär makt.

This thesis examines Michel Foucault's elucidation of a mode of subjectivity upon which he could predicate the possibility of resistance to power. While most studies of his thought have emphasized the extent to which, for Foucault, subjects are the products of power, this thesis seeks to examine that mode of subjectivity which, for him, can escape the reach of power or can resist power. This thesis shows that Foucault borrowed extensively from the works of Georges Bataille and Georges Canguilhem in articulating a vitalist conception of the subject, a subject whose ability to resist power resided in the vital forces which traversed it. In achieving these tasks, this thesis responds to the liberal critics of Foucault who argue that his conception of power effectively eliminates the rationale for or possibility of resistance. The thesis also elucidates for the first time the nature of the intellectual influence Bataille had upon Foucault, showing that Foucault used Bataillean conceptions of sovereignty and the sovereign subject. It also radically reinterprets the influence Canguilhem had on Foucault, showing that, beyond well documented methodological influences, Canguilhem provided Foucault with a framework for theorizing power and resistance. / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

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Using Michel Foucault and Edward Said's theoretical contributions regarding discursive formations, this thesis performs a critical discourse analysis of the anti-immigration discourse in America; a flawed rhetoric that uses the power of language to create is own truth. The ultimate research question of this thesis asks what can be learned about the discursive formations of the anti-immigration rhetoric from Foucault and Said's contributions. To begin, varying aspects of discourse are discussed, such as non-critical and critical discourse analysis. The concept of discourse, as will be used in this thesis, is heavily indebted to the scholarly work of Michel Foucault. As such, a review of Foucault's contributions showing how discourse allows some to gain power over others and then to create a self-sustaining truth will be used as a base from which all argument shall be built. Next, this thesis explores Said's discourse theory, which extends Foucault's concept of discourse to claim that those in power often assert a knowledge of others that is not accurate, but serves the purpose of maintaining a dominating status over them. This is followed by a critical discourse analysis of texts produced by key authors in the American anti-immigration discourse such as Samuel Huntington, Tom Tancredo, and Pat Buchanan in order to provide insight into their anti-immigration rhetoric. In conclusion, by unpacking the anti-immigration discourse, the reader will discover a discursive method that clearly parallels that which is so heavily critiqued by Foucault and Said, namely the construction of knowledge through inaccurate and flawed discourses. / Master of Arts

In the period since Tiananmen the People's Republic of China has deployed new controlling mechanisms in society to better integrate minorities. These mechanisms of control are more subtle and use elements of discipline, panopticism, and bio-power; rather than the spectacle of power associated with sovereigns and gristly punishment. This study uses Foucault to analyze the transition that seems to be occurring in China, in order to show that it should no longer be viewed singularly as an authoritarian power that uses force to control its population. To do this two groups are analyzed, the Uyghur people of Xinjiang, and the Tibetan people. Within each case this thesis explores the development of disciplinarity in the educational system, panopticism and its deployment in religion, and bio-power in birthing and migratory policies. Upon analysis, it is argued that China must be viewed as an authoritarian state that has adopted subtle methods of control, like those found in Western liberal democratic states. Because of this the international community must adapt their views of China in order to better understand how minorities are integrated into Han culture in more highly developed ways. / Master of Arts