ANTH 3240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sexology, Heterosexuality, Michel Foucault
15 Feb 2017
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Born in 1926 in france died 1984. Philosopher, social theorist and historian of ideas. Best known for his writing on power, knowledge and discourse. He analyzed the idea of scientific discourse and objective truth; our ideas about sexuality have a historical context. Discourse can be used a starting point for a opposing strategy; it can reinforce power and fragile. Repressive hypothesis: every culture things that are repressed, thi(cid:374)gs that should(cid:374)"t happen or can only happen in certain places with certain people; talks about victorian. Era that one of the most repressive areas in terms of sexuality. Sex should only take between men and women and should only take place for recreation, the verbal discourse about sexuality are repressed; it is confined to marriage only. 20th century we are different in terms of being more liberated in contrast to victorian. Era: we see ourselves of free speakers and see our culture as highly sexualized.
