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dc.contributor.advisor | Ajzenstat, S. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Goodwin, Michael | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-20T16:15:52Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-10-20T16:15:52Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1994-10 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/16108 | - |
dc.description.abstract | <p>Michel Foucault's philosophy took the form of a series of historicallygrounded "genealogical" studies of the interconnections between knowledge and various social practices in contemporary society. This work is a reading of "the good11-to use Charles Taylor's term-in Foucault's genealogies.</p> <p> According to the American social-historian David Rothman, "history is a liberating discipline for it reminds us that there is nothing inevitable about the institutions and procedures that surround us. In developing my reading of "the good" in Foucault's genealogies I have endeavoured to translate the spirit of this claim into the proposition that Foucault's genealogies were an expression of his desire to increase human freedom through historical critique; i.e., that Foucault's ethics were embodied in his philosophy which constitutes "a practice of freedom".</p> | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Michel Foucault | en_US |
dc.subject | genealogical studies | en_US |
dc.subject | historical critique | en_US |
dc.subject | human freedom | en_US |
dc.title | Genealogy as a Practice of Freedom: Foucault's Historical Critique | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Philosophy | en_US |
dc.description.degreetype | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Master of Arts (MA) | en_US |
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Goodwin Michael.pdf | Main Thesis | 6.1 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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