Derived from a marxist/liberal humanist view of power, conventional
critiques and historical accounts of the socio-medical sciences in
South Africa see only their power to repress and negate the true
bodily attributes and authentic person of the African. In so doing,
they ignore the productive capacity of these knowledges and
practices as a manifestation of what Michel Foucault termed
"disciplinary" power, by which the human body is manufactured and
made manageable as an object of medical knowledge and industrial
utilisation. Accordingly, this thesis offers just such a Foucaultian
reading of western socio-medical knowledge in South Africa to
demonstrate how it has operated to fabricate the bodies of Africans
as visible objects possessed of distinct attributes that have
provoked particular strategies for their surveillance, management,
and government in health and disease. / Psychology / D. Litt. et Phil. (Psychology)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/16235 |
| Date | 07 1900 |
| Creators | Butchart, Robert Alexander |
| Contributors | Jordaan, W.J. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 1 online resource (xvi, 383 leaves) |
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