Who was your character and what were they known for?
Michel Foucault is a psychologist who in his early careers gave lectures to students in Universities at many different Universities throughout his early life of for his career. He had also married a philosopher named Daniel Defert in 1960. He had also published many books based on archaeology throughout his life. These books had made him very popular. He had campaigned for a social change with fans that had supported him. These campaigns were for gay rights Many people found his lectures to be famous.
Clearly explain several ways in which your character "saw" things differently than other characters, or other people during this time in history.
Michel Foucault was different from many people during his time; he had become a famous philosopher that had looked into philosophy greatly. He was fascinated by the topic and had studied, read, and thought intensely on the subject. He was said to have discovered is genius and many of his lectures had become amazing, before they became famous he had taught academically. Michel had also been well known through his inspiring books he had written. This is when he began to campaign for a social change to gain the rights for homosexuality and stop people who believe in it to be labeled mentally ill.
Include in your answer the person’s thoughts pertaining to the following categories: What should be the relationship between individuals and society? That is: What responsibilities do we have to each other? Can we do as we please? Is society more important than the individuals that make it up?
Foucault suggests that in modern society people should be free to be what ever they like to be. He wanted the rights for homosexuality and takes away its title that it is a mental illness.
What are the limits of freedom?
Foucault is looking for more freedom in his campaign, he wants the rights for homosexuality help and stop people who believe in it to be labeled mentally ill. When some one is labeled mentally Ill they are forced in to being arrested where psychiatrists may use violent forces on the mentally ill patients that are being hospitalized. Psychiatric drugs used on patients can be very harmful and cause death.
Do they ascribe preference to positive over negative freedoms or vice versa? What ontology is this based on?
Is freedom of speech a good idea, or freedom of action between consenting adults?
Foucault would have bee looking for freedom of speech for people, this is also because Foucault had caused man protests to help and try to gain rights for the homosexuality. This shows that Foucault people to have a more freedom of speech to help and gain the rights.
Should any rights should be allowed or limited?
The right of being homosexual should be allowed and that power should not be limited to the government, and institutions like the army and police. This is because it punishes people who don’t obey, and homosexuality was something that had been considered people who believe in it to be disobeying the law.
When may government act against the will of a citizen, and when should a citizen act against his or her government?
Foucault considers the government to have to much power and people and that there should be more freedom. This is when many don’t understand how power should be controlled among each other.
What is the purpose of government?
The main purpose of the government is to help get rights for homosexuality and also to help and stop psychiatry to have some sort of political power on people. So a government with more freedom for people to be what they want to be and not be thought differently of an other person.
What characterizes a good government?
A good government to Foucault is one that everyone has a say and not all power depends on government and institutions. He also believes hat psychiatry for the mentally ill has shown to enact political power and is hiding many wrong doings and must be unmasked for people to understand what psychiatrists are really doing.
Theories of Social organization?
Political order and organization (What legitimates leadership? What is just and what is justice?)
Foucault had wanted a political organization for justice to give less power to to psychiatrists' and to stop labeling homosexuals mentally ill, and to stop thinking that homosexuality is some kind of "disease". Many lectures and books that Foucault had written had explained and had unmasked what psychiatrists do to homosexuals when they are taken in trying to bring the justice to a right conclusion.
Other information that aided or broadened our understanding of the importance of these ideas today.
What was the impact of these ideas then and how have they influenced the way we see things now?
Foucault had impacted the world greatly and had proved that being homosexual was no problem. Also he had helped prove the physiatrist has shown to be to involve with political powers and is abusing completely normal people.
How were their ideas different from established ideas of the day?
How or why did time and place bias your character’s ideas or another’s responses to their ideas?
The time was during a time was in the 1968, during this period psychiatrists' had high power politically and Foucault had found this wrong. He was living in France when he had discovered this through his studying of psychology which he had received a degree in. Also during this time psychiatrist had been harming homosexuals trying to "heal" them by vaccinating them.
Would any one of these thinkers be considered the more significant than another? Give two examples of who, and why?
What present day revolutions in thinking (social, political or scientific) are taking place? How are they influencing the way we live? Will this have an effect on the way we think politics should work? Would your thinker support these new ideas?
Michel had impacted the present day by showing the world that psychiatrists' have to much power on labeling homosexuals mentally. He had done this through famous lectures, books, and even protest. He wanted a social change for the world and has shown have been accomplished today. Various countries have found that to be homosexual is not wrong and should not consider them to be mentally ill. Some countries have also allowed homosexual's to have gay marriages.
Provide a summary of why your thinker is considered revolutionary.
Who was your character and what were they known for?
Michel Foucault is a psychologist who in his early careers gave lectures to students in Universities at many different Universities throughout his early life of for his career. He had also married a philosopher named Daniel Defert in 1960. He had also published many books based on archaeology throughout his life. These books had made him very popular. He had campaigned for a social change with fans that had supported him. These campaigns were for gay rights Many people found his lectures to be famous.
Clearly explain several ways in which your character "saw" things differently than other characters, or other people during this time in history.
Michel Foucault was different from many people during his time; he had become a famous philosopher that had looked into philosophy greatly. He was fascinated by the topic and had studied, read, and thought intensely on the subject. He was said to have discovered is genius and many of his lectures had become amazing, before they became famous he had taught academically. Michel had also been well known through his inspiring books he had written. This is when he began to campaign for a social change to gain the rights for homosexuality and stop people who believe in it to be labeled mentally ill.
Include in your answer the person’s thoughts pertaining to the following categories:
What should be the relationship between individuals and society? That is: What responsibilities do we have to each other? Can we do as we please? Is society more important than the individuals that make it up?
Foucault suggests that in modern society people should be free to be what ever they like to be. He wanted the rights for homosexuality and takes away its title that it is a mental illness.
What are the limits of freedom?
Foucault is looking for more freedom in his campaign, he wants the rights for homosexuality help and stop people who believe in it to be labeled mentally ill. When some one is labeled mentally Ill they are forced in to being arrested where psychiatrists may use violent forces on the mentally ill patients that are being hospitalized. Psychiatric drugs used on patients can be very harmful and cause death.
Do they ascribe preference to positive over negative freedoms or vice versa? What ontology is this based on?
Is freedom of speech a good idea, or freedom of action between consenting adults?
Foucault would have bee looking for freedom of speech for people, this is also because Foucault had caused man protests to help and try to gain rights for the homosexuality. This shows that Foucault people to have a more freedom of speech to help and gain the rights.
Should any rights should be allowed or limited?
The right of being homosexual should be allowed and that power should not be limited to the government, and institutions like the army and police. This is because it punishes people who don’t obey, and homosexuality was something that had been considered people who believe in it to be disobeying the law.
When may government act against the will of a citizen, and when should a citizen act against his or her government?
Foucault considers the government to have to much power and people and that there should be more freedom. This is when many don’t understand how power should be controlled among each other.
What is the purpose of government?
The main purpose of the government is to help get rights for homosexuality and also to help and stop psychiatry to have some sort of political power on people. So a government with more freedom for people to be what they want to be and not be thought differently of an other person.
What characterizes a good government?
A good government to Foucault is one that everyone has a say and not all power depends on government and institutions. He also believes hat psychiatry for the mentally ill has shown to enact political power and is hiding many wrong doings and must be unmasked for people to understand what psychiatrists are really doing.
Theories of Social organization?
Political order and organization (What legitimates leadership? What is just and what is justice?)
Foucault had wanted a political organization for justice to give less power to to psychiatrists' and to stop labeling homosexuals mentally ill, and to stop thinking that homosexuality is some kind of "disease". Many lectures and books that Foucault had written had explained and had unmasked what psychiatrists do to homosexuals when they are taken in trying to bring the justice to a right conclusion.
Other information that aided or broadened our understanding of the importance of these ideas today.
What was the impact of these ideas then and how have they influenced the way we see things now?
Foucault had impacted the world greatly and had proved that being homosexual was no problem. Also he had helped prove the physiatrist has shown to be to involve with political powers and is abusing completely normal people.
How were their ideas different from established ideas of the day?
How or why did time and place bias your character’s ideas or another’s responses to their ideas?
The time was during a time was in the 1968, during this period psychiatrists' had high power politically and Foucault had found this wrong. He was living in France when he had discovered this through his studying of psychology which he had received a degree in. Also during this time psychiatrist had been harming homosexuals trying to "heal" them by vaccinating them.
Would any one of these thinkers be considered the more significant than another? Give two examples of who, and why?
What present day revolutions in thinking (social, political or scientific) are taking place? How are they influencing the way we live? Will this have an effect on the way we think politics should work? Would your thinker support these new ideas?
Michel had impacted the present day by showing the world that psychiatrists' have to much power on labeling homosexuals mentally. He had done this through famous lectures, books, and even protest. He wanted a social change for the world and has shown have been accomplished today. Various countries have found that to be homosexual is not wrong and should not consider them to be mentally ill. Some countries have also allowed homosexual's to have gay marriages.
Provide a summary of why your thinker is considered revolutionary.