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Michel Foucault, from Discourse to Power: A Struggle

Posted on April 6, 2015 by | 2 comments

Michel Foucault focuses on the concepts of discourse and power. His ideas can be seen in various political practices and conflicts, which I will discuss after I summarize his ideas below.

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The Mentality of Education

Posted on March 15, 2015 by | Leave a comment

While looking for an article for this week’s post I stumbled across a piece in The Atlantic that discusses how important one’s thought process is in education. The way Ta-Nehisi Coates discusses his experience of learning French immediately sparked a connection between his experience with French and the slave Plato discusses in Meno.  Continue reading →

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