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Some critical theory, some public discourse, and some general nerdiness.
 
 
   
 
Sunday, August 12, 2007
 
The interaction between power and resistance requires an analysis of both Foucault and Negri. Foucault stated that power existed in particular relationships which converted human bodies into productive and docile units. Negri proposed that constituent power is the inherent human creative force that can escape the various forms of discipline. Both power and resistance occur on the local level, power developing into transcendent laws and normality while resistance must organize into the multiplicity of the multitude.

Monday, August 06, 2007
 
The use of philosophy within the field of social science recognizes that concepts exist before the experience of empirical facts within a system of meaning. All scientific practices are subsets of a system of meaning which make understanding possible. Systems of meaning create rules that are followed in the relationship between reasons and actions in a social context.

Wednesday, August 01, 2007
 
Peter Whitehead was a director that was able to portray the 1960's by a movement from documentary to fiction, and sometimes the mixing of the two. His sudden departure from making films leaves a style that was specific to the era and kept it pure in its vision.

 

 
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