Within the context of the care for the self, Foucault provides a genealogical trace to the ancient philosophy. Taking care of the self was associated with knowing oneself, which is ethical in itself, not only for caring for others but also for oneself. According to Foucault, this ethical understanding of the care for the self has complex relations among people that imply an act of governing. Hence, Foucault states that “a city in which everybody took proper care of [themselve

Describing the scope of political discussions is essential in political theory to develop a starting point, make assumptions, identify causations, make deductions, decide on methodology, and the like. This also leads to a division between subject and object of the political study and to decide who is the subject and object in terms of power relations, institutional applications, social and cultural impacts, and so on. Hence, it is hard to identify strict and crystal-clear def

The meaning of politics changes over time by the socio-cultural, economic, and historical conditions of the societies. It is possible to provide various definitions of politics from ancient times to the contemporary era. From the classical perspective, in the fourth century, Athens termed ‘‘political philosophy,’’ that became a term of equal status (and imprecision) with ‘‘political thought’’ and ‘‘theory” (Pocock, 2008, p. 164). It enabled a historical grand narrative to eme

”… Even though it is directed towards wild animals, the desire for a bloodshed results from the tendency of the soul to savagery, even if it is not, the wild taste of such wild tastes eventually becomes wild.“ The book begins with his criticism of the period in England, and in fact, More constructs a world design which is not possible in the second part, but from which people want to live. In fact, the value of utopia and utopian tradition, as in More, is the relationship of

“A person who does not represent an intelligence based on a talent, a non-creativity, a comprehensive, multifaceted understanding will not be able to learn so much art and science Yet, we are well aware that someone who is limited to realizing his or her skill with the books is ignorant, uneducated and bulky.” As in other utopias, Campanella's Sun Country has taken its ground from the social environment of its author who lived in and emerged as a product of the critical appro

The answer to this question is surely in the paintings’ immediacy. When one stands in front of a Caravaggio painting one is taken aback by the sheer power of the painting. What gives these paintings their immense power? First we should consider what power is. More specifically the theory of power put forth by Michel Foucault. Foucault does not acknowledge power as being situated in any one place or possessed by any particular person or sovereign locality. Power is in the space