Acid Horizon Foucault's "Politics of Health" and "What Is Enlightenment?"
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Jun 21, 2020 This podcast explores Foucault's ideas on medicalization, Enlightenment thought, and their relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. It discusses the transformation of medicine in the 18th century, social divisions in healthcare, surveillance technologies, and the relevance of Foucault's work for social theory and Marxism.
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Genealogy of Alteration
- Foucault's genealogical method focuses on the transformations of institutions and ideas.
- He's interested in how these changes affect populations and power dynamics.
Beyond Simple Origins
- Foucault avoids reducing medical-juridical apparatuses to simple progressions or market relations.
- He differentiates himself from Marxist analysis.
Noso-politics vs. Biopolitics
- Noso-politics, while part of the biopolitical project, is distinct.
- It focuses on institutional analysis and the medical gaze.