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The philosophical language of death and power
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Abstract This article is concerned with understanding the relationship of philosophical languages of death with the social philosophy of Michel Foucault. Foucault’s theoretical tools ‘make sense' of languages of death in institutions such as care homes. While our responses to death and dying would seem to be... mehr
This article is concerned with understanding the relationship of philosophical languages of death with the social philosophy of Michel Foucault. Foucault’s theoretical tools ‘make sense' of languages of death in institutions such as care homes. While our responses to death and dying would seem to be very personal and therefore individually determined, they are, in fact, greatly influenced by the beliefs of individuals and "experts" who work in institutions providing care. Therefore, this article not only examines the limitations of bio-medicalized languages of death and dying, but importantly emphasises the importance of Foucault's conceptual tools to methodologically interrogate how death is managed in institutional care.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Philosophie; Sprache; Tod; Sozialphilosophie; Foucault, M.; Sterben; Genealogie
Klassifikation
Kommunikationssoziologie, Sprachsoziologie, Soziolinguistik
Philosophie, Theologie
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2015
Seitenangabe
S. 160-170
Zeitschriftentitel
International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences (2015) 48
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.48.160
ISSN
2300-2697
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)