The concept of human nature: Biopolitics, gender and science in Modernity

Abstract

The dissertation examines the consequences of the fact that the concept of human nature exists in the theoretical system of social sciences. It analyses the changes that the making of an antihumanist mode of thinking will bring to the understanding of history.Thus the aim of the dissertation is the investigation of the structuralist and poststructuralist critique of the humanist tradition of the West. In particular, the dissertation investigates the thoughts of structuralist Louis Althusser and poststructuralists Michel Foucault and Judith Butler on humanism. The dissertation analyses the argument of the three aforementioned scholars that humanism legalizes modern relations of power. It also examines their opinions about the theoretical weaknesses of humanism. Especially it aims to see if their work can offer the tools which will make possible for the social scientist to see things from a different prospective and to study objects that he/ she couldn’t otherwise because of humanism.

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DOI
10.12681/eadd/25659
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/25659
ND
25659
Alternative title
Η έννοια της ανθρώπινης φύσης: βιοπολιτική, φύλο και επιστήμη στη Νεωτερικότητα
Author
Καραλής, Δημήτριος
Date
2011
Degree Grantor
Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences
Committee members
Χαλκιά Αλεξάνδρα
Discipline
Social SciencesSociology
Keywords
Human nature; Structuralism; Poststructuralism; Biopolitics; Gender; Humanism; Social sciences; Power
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
356 σ.
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