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Full Idea
In its critical aspect, philosophy is that which calls into question domination at every level
Gist of Idea
Critical philosophy is what questions domination at every level
Source
Michel Foucault (Ethics of the Concern for Self as Freedom [1984], p.300)
Book Ref
Foucault,Michel: 'Essential Works 1954-1984 I: Ethics', ed/tr. Rabinow,Paul [Penguin 1994], p.300
A Reaction
A very French view of the subject. It is tempting to say that they had their adolescent outburst in 1789, and it is time to grow up. With rights come responsibilities...
| 7418 | The idea of liberation suggests there is a human nature which has been repressed [Foucault] |
| 7419 | Ethics is the conscious practice of freedom [Foucault] |
| 7420 | When logos controls our desires, we have actually become the logos [Foucault] |
| 7422 | A subject is a form which can change, in (say) political or sexual situations [Foucault] |
| 7423 | Philosophy and politics are fundamentally linked [Foucault] |
| 7424 | Saying games of truth were merely power relations would be a horrible exaggeration [Foucault] |
| 7425 | The aim is not to eliminate power relations, but to reduce domination [Foucault] |
| 7426 | Critical philosophy is what questions domination at every level [Foucault] |