Contribution of Michel Foucault works on post-modernism.

Contribution of Michel Foucault works on post-modernism.

Foucault is the French philosophers and his works against traditional way, taboo and myths by using social fact through human experience as his evidence. He believes on socials and norms construct as his argument towards concepts of sexuality, power and madness.

Postmodernism emphasizes the human experience and multiplicity perspectives. Sexuality according to Foucault, is nothing more than a social construct. There is not something about our sex organs, or the act of sexual intercourse, or our instincts and impulses related to that act, that in itself relates to other aspects of our consciousness and social being. The act of sexual intercourse because of desire and pleasure to the act. It relates to the consciousness and self being itself. Foucault terms this approach to sexuality the "aesthetics of existence," by which he means "a way of life whose moral value did not depend either on one's being in conformity with a code of behavior, or on an effort of purification, but on a form. Foucault explain that under Victorian era, meaning the way of thinking and action against the traditional way in 19th century compared to 17th century which is still in frank. Meaning that the civilization of human move backward. Sexuality been censored without education. So Foucault look this issue as social fact as a censored the reality, people are trying to closed the truth about based on human experience which is effect kids abuse, violence, oppress, and many more.

According to Foucault, power is a socially construct, its in vein and its everywhere. Everybody have power. Power is regenerated within power relation. Focault looks more on individual aspect, refer the individual as agency. But, power only power when it comes with knowledge and action. It can`t stand either one. Foucault has rejected class analysis of power (modernist). There are no relations of power without resistances. Thus, for Foucault, postmodernity is in all respects power-knowledge relationship (based on human experience which is power relation).

Last is madness. He argued that madness is a certificated given but not fully nature/ illness. What does Foucault say in Madness and Civilization? Foucault illustrates how notions like madness are socially and culturally constructed in any given age and place. The criteria for madness are made up, by us, they in part invented for particular social and political purposes. Thanks to science, centuries later we discovered that what used to be referred to as insanity or God's punishment was actually a form of illness of the brain that could be treated just like physical illness. (7 Nov 2020).

References

Foucault (History of Sexuality I) The Will to Knowledge.

Post-modernism

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