Askesis and the logic of the spiral
This essay sets out to demonstrate a strong connection between eros and askesis in Foucault’s writings. Analogous to Huffer’s argument about eros, I suggest that askesis does not invoke a return to an imagined Greek past, but operates generatively to destabilize subjectivity and normativity. Askesis...
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Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2016]
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Theology & sexuality
Year: 2016, Volume: 22, Issue: 3, Pages: 143-154 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Foucault, Michel 1926-1984
/ Asceticism
/ Eros (Concept of)
/ Huffer, Lynne 1960-
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RelBib Classification: | NCF Sexual ethics VA Philosophy |
Further subjects: | B
Askesis
B Form B Huffer B Foucault B Liberation |
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