Browsing by Subject "Foucault"
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(2017-08-14)Department: Spanish and PortugueseSome works of fiction by Puerto Rican authors present characters that have one surprising characteristic in common: a void of individuality. What would constitute the core of these personae has been displaced to the point ...
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(2011-04-14)Department: PhilosophyThis dissertation is a philosophical feminist account of the relationship between subjectivity and oppressive discourse. Feminists have rightly pointed out that philosophical accounts of the universal or neutral subject ...
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(2011-12-05)Department: ReligionThis project offers comprehensive theory to explain the origin of certain Pentateuchal passages that though few in number contrast sharply with the dominant traditions regarding the divine revelation at Mt. Sinai/Horeb. ...
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(2013-07-29)Department: PhilosophyIn this dissertation, I establish that Ludwig Wittgenstein’s and Michel Foucault’s thoughts share a common philosophical ethos of freedom which shapes the political dimensions of their works. As opposed to accusations on ...
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(2012-07-11)Department: PhilosophyFollowing an analysis of the theory and practice of traditional liberal democratic and moral philosophy from Locke to Rawls, I combine Dewey's pragmatic ethics and his suggestion that politics be understood as shared problem ...
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(2010-08-03)Department: PhilosophyMy dissertation explores the significance of “biopower” to forms of life and language in the contemporary West. Generally defined, biopower is a type of regulatory power that directs and fosters the biological life of ...