Strong parallels exist between the formation of subjectivity through the disciplinary/bio-power technologies of the 18th/19th centuries – which Michel Foucault identified in his books Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison, and The History of Sexuality Volume 1: The Will to Knowledge – and the 20th/21st century formation of subjectivity effected through Apple. Inc and Google. Inc operating systems and products. These systems and products similarly serve to canalize and ‗discipline‘ the pursuit and exchange of information, in a way that is constitutive of a new cyber-variant of disciplinary/bio-power subjectivity.

This thesis examines some of the recent literature on school improvement: namely, teacher effectiveness research, school effectiveness research, and four of the commissioned reports on education that were published in the United States during 1983. The analysis relies on a number of central concepts from the social theory of Michel Foucault, in particular his notions of power/knowledge and discipline. It is argued that these bodies of educational research are in themselves either inadequate or inappropriately employed in policy discussions, and that as a result the manipulation of students and teachers seems reasonable and necessary. It is further argued that the teaching practices and educational policies called for in this research are likely to produce unintended, and undesirable consequences which are completely at odds with the stated goals of school improvement. / Education, Faculty of / Educational Studies (EDST), Department of / Graduate

I examine a key shift in Michel Foucault's political philosophy from a position in which he was a staunch anti-humanist, to a final position in which he advocated not only the ability of the subject to influence his political condition, but also the individual freedoms assured by a democratic form of government. I begin by summarizing his overall critique of the post-Enlightenment West, and then explain how his observation of the Iranian Revolution served as a key turning point concerning his attitude towards the subject. Next, I elaborate on the direction of Foucault's late writings and examine how his new conceptualization of the subject leads him to embrace a democratic political system albeit free from Enlightenment philosophical foundations. I conclude by critiquing Foucault's foundationless democratic theory on the basis that it would ultimately undermine the individual freedoms and aesthetic development that he seeks to protect.

Orientador: Regina Maria de Souza / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-03T15:55:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Xavier_EveliseCristinaCouto_M.pdf: 347381 bytes, checksum: 2bd2ec0e8734efe4001a22983571ee9b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2003 / Mestrado

Orientador: Arley Ramos Moreno / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-07-31T15:39:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Martinez_HoracioLujan_D.pdf: 23445620 bytes, checksum: 20127062f01b8aae105438482fa91f74 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2001 / Resumo: Esta tese pretende, primeiro: reconstruir argumentativamente as considerações éticas de Wittgenstein e, segundo: salientar as relações que estas considerações possuem com as noções de linguagem e subjetividade que o filósofo sustentou ao longo de sua obra. Achamos que existe uma relação muito forte entre subjetividade, ética e linguagem e que esta relação muda entre os dois períodos em que se costuma dividir o seu pensamento. Portanto, um acompanhamento das considerações éticas de Wittgenstein nos obrigará a ver como tais considerações se relacionam com a noção de filosofia que este tinha e, sobretudo, a especificar a noção de "terapia gramatical". A partir destas reflexões tentamos redefinir o caráter ético do conceito de filosofia como "terapia" / Abstract: This thesis intend at fírst: to rebuild in an arguable way the ethics considerations of Wittgenstein, and second: to point out the relations that have those considerations wíth the notions of language and subjectivity to this philosopher supported along his works. We believe that has a strong relation among subjectivity, ethics and language, and this relation changes between the two periods that have been used to separate his thought. Therefore, following up the ethical considerations of Wittgenstein it will make us to see how those considerations are related with the notion of philosophy that he had and above ali, to specify the statement of "grammatical therapy". From those reflective considerations we tried to give a new definition of ethical character by the philosophy's concept as "therapy" / Doutorado / Doutor em Filosofia

Orientador: Luzia Margareth Rago / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-27T09:14:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Pelegrini_MauricioAparecido_M.pdf: 22722884 bytes, checksum: e69445ee0b8d2e8f0af87988fd62244d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / Resumo: Em 1978, Michel Foucault escreveu uma série de artigos jornalísticos para o periódico italiano "Corriere della Sera". Intituladas "reportagens de ideias", tinham como objetivo acompanhar o nascimento das ideias no cruzamento com os acontecimentos do tempo presente. No âmbito deste projeto, realizou duas viagens ao Irã (em setembro e novembro), onde acompanhou de perto a movimentação popular durante os eventos da Revolução Islâmica. Para compreender as raízes da oposição ao governo do xá Reza Pahlavi em seus diversos locais de manifestação, Foucault não se restringiu a conversar com os líderes revolucionários, mas entrevistou diferentes categorias de manifestantes, desde os trabalhadores organizados até os profissionais liberais e intelectualizados, passando pelos diversos níveis de organizações religiosas espalhadas pelo país, dos mulás líderes tribais aos aiatolás das grandes cidades de Qom e Teerã. O que lhe interessava era assistir ao nascimento de uma nova forma de pensar entre os iranianos, e isto só seria possível se ele estivesse lá, em meio ao fervilhar revolucionário. O conjunto de textos, que compreende também artigos, manifestos e entrevistas publicados na imprensa francesa, foi objeto de enorme polêmica, principalmente devido aos desdobramentos posteriores à revolução, com a instauração de uma ditadura teocrática de caráter persecutório às minorias e aos direitos humanos, e permaneceram até hoje pouco explorados teoricamente. Esta dissertação pretende analisar as reportagens iranianas de Foucault a partir de sua construção textual, dos conceitos introduzidos e das diversas interpretações que as cercam. Estrutura-se, assim, em três eixos: o primeiro tem o objetivo de recuperar a trama conceitual interna às reportagens; o segundo, analisar as críticas recebidas e seu contexto teórico; o terceiro, apresentar a espiritualidade política como principal inovação introduzida no corpus teórico foucaultiano. Pretende-se destacar, ainda, ressonâncias dos textos iranianos em outras questões elaboradas por Foucault / Abstract: In 1978 Michel Foucault wrote a series of news articles for the Italian newspaper "Corriere della Sera". Called "journalism of ideas", the articles had the purpose of following the birth of ideas upon its crossing with present times¿ events. Within the scope of this project, he made two trips to Iran (in September and November), where he followed up close the popular movement during the events of the Islamic Revolution. In order to grasp the roots of the opposition to the Shah Reza Pahlavi government in its several places of manifestation, Foucault did not restrain himself to talking to revolutionary leaders but rather also interviewed different categories of protestors, from organized workers to independent and intellectualized professionals, going through the several level of religious organizations spread out through the country, from mullah tribal leaders to Ayatollahs of the large cities of Qom and Tehran. Foucault was interested in witnessing the birth of a new form of thinking among Iranians and it would only be possible if he would be there present, amidst the revolutionary effervescence. The set of texts, which comprises also articles, manifestos and interviews published by the French press was object of great polemic, mainly due to the unfolding of events following the revolution, with the instauration of a theocratic dictatorship having a persecutory nature against minorities and human rights, and remaining until nowadays not much theoretically explored. This dissertation has the purpose of analyzing the Iranian reportages by Foucault from its textual construction, of concepts introduced and several interpretations surrounding them. Therefore, this paper is structured in three axis, the first having the purpose of retrieving the internal conceptual scheme of the reportages; the second being the analysis of criticism received and its theoretical context; the third being to present the political spirituality as the main innovation introduced to Foucault¿s theoretical framework. It is intended to emphasize yet the resonances of the Iranian texts in other issues elaborated by Foucault / Mestrado / Historia Cultural / Mestre em História

Informe de Seminario para optar al grado de Licenciado en Filosofía / La investigación que se llevó a cabo en esta tesina se enmarca dentro del estudio que realizó Michel Foucault en el campo del cuidado de uno mismo. De esta manera, el presente trabajo describe los distintos períodos que planteo Foucault en “La Hermenéutica del sujeto” (2001), junto a las distintas implicancias y alcances que dieron cabida a las diversas prácticas de sí mismo. Esta investigación, tiene el propósito de relacionar los diversos modelos de la inquietud de sí con el análisis foucaultiano del poder, para desprender desde ahí que las prácticas del cuidado de sí, platónicas y helenísticas-romanas, se pueden considerar como una resistencia frente a la conformación del individuo por parte de las relaciones de poder que se implican en el modelo del cuidado de sí del Cristianismo.

Informe de Seminario para optar al grado de Licenciado en Filosofía

Tesis para optar al grado de Magíster en Filosofía mención Moral y Política

Orientador: Elizabeth Maria Freire de Araújo Lima / Resumo: A presente tese visou produzir uma análise teórico-reflexiva sobre alguns dispositivos sonoro-musicais, sua historicidade e seus desdobramentos no contexto de suas articulações com o poder e a subjetividade. A partir da cartografia das diversas linhas destes dispositivos, buscamos forjar teoricamente uma linha de audibilidade como proposição conceitual necessária para a análise dos aspectos musicais e sonoros envolvidos naqueles. Foram investigados os atravessamentos históricos, científicos e socioculturais da experiência musical e sonora do sujeito em instituições determinadas e em variados locais e períodos. No primeiro ensaio, foi estudado o método e o referencial teórico que orienta esta pesquisa, a saber, a noção de dispositivo em Foucault, Deleuze e Agamben e sua articulação com a arqueogenealogia como inspiração metodológica e com o campo das músicas e sonoridades. O segundo ensaio se propôs a pensar o uso da música nas formas de tratamento medievais e renascentistas da loucura, tal como se apresentam em uma obra foucaultiana. O terceiro ensaio realiza o debate acerca da relação entre dois dispositivos – música e linguagem – como se poderia descrever os jogos de força que se estabelecem entre eles, produzindo enunciados adotados em diversas ciências que se utilizam da música para finalidades sociais, clínicas, políticas. O quarto ensaio discute sobre a audibilidade como recurso especializado das clínicas psicoterapêuticas e musicoterapêuticas, enfatizando alguns concei... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The present thesis aimed to produce a theoretical-reflective analysis on some sound-musical devices, their historicity and their consequences in the context of their articulations with power and subjectivity. From the cartography of the different lines of these devices, we seek to theoretically forge a line of audibility as a necessary conceptual proposition for the analysis of the musical and sound aspects involved in those. The historical, scientific and sociocultural crossings of the subject's musical and sound experience were investigated in specific institutions and in different places and periods. In the first essay, the method and the theoretical framework that guides this research were studied, namely, the notion of device in Foucault, Deleuze and Agamben and its articulation with archeogenealogy as methodological inspiration and with the field of music and sounds. The second essay set out to think about the use of music in the medieval and Renaissance forms of treatment of madness, as they appear in a Foucauldian work. The third essay discusses the relationship between two devices - music and language - how one could describe the power games that are established between them, producing statements adopted in various sciences that use music for social, clinical, political purposes. The fourth essay discusses audibility as a specialized resource of psychotherapeutic and music therapy clinics, emphasizing some crucial concepts that underlie Psychoanalysis and some approa... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor