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Foucault 1. Jean Bernard L?on . 1819--68, French physicist. He determined the velocity of light and proved that light travels more slowly in water than in air (1850). He demonstrated by means of the pendulum named after him the rotation of the earth on its axis (1851) and invented the gyroscope (1852) 2. Michel. 1926--84, French philosopher and historian of ideas. His publications include Histoire de la folie (1961) and Les Mots et les choses (1966) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| According to French philosopher Michel Foucalt, the purpose of the Bentham's Panopticon is "to induce in the inmate a state of conscious and permanent visibility that assures the automatic functioning of power. There are short dramatizations that are supposed to illustrate the different points of view of different theoreticians such as Foucalt. Seeking to explain psychiatry's relationships to the sources of power and domination, Foucalt developed an alluring reductionist interpretation that was both coherent and symmetrical even though lacking any kind of evidentiary foundation. |
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