Prophets in exile : a diagnosis of Michel Foucault's political intellectual

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dc.contributor.advisorOliver, Kelly, 1958-
dc.contributor.advisorHiggins, Kathleen Marie
dc.creatorHendricks, Christina
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-10T00:02:12Z
dc.date.available2022-08-10T00:02:12Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.description.abstractI investigate the question of the political role of the intellectual, considering the political and ethical impact of the scholarly work of intellectuals. I concentrate on the subtle ways in which such intellectual work can contribute to (or hinder) efforts to encourage others to think for themseves and thereby manage effective resistance to oppressive practices of power. My focus in this investigation rests on the work of Michel Foucault, who in his own work plays an intellectual role that I label, after Edward Said, the role of an "exile." Within such a role one attempts to resist particular practices of power without escaping them entirely; one distances oneself from what is being resisted, while still retaining crucial ties to it. In encouraging others to engage in resistance to power through a movement of exile, Foucault himself attempts to take up an exile position in relation to his own use of power as an intellectual, working to transform it from within. I argue that this role of the intellectual as exile is an intriguing and fruitful one for ethically and politically concerned intellectuals to consider, and that a number of criticisms brought against Foucault's work by commentators can be resolved by considering them within the context of his role as an intellectual exileen_US
dc.description.departmentPhilosophyen_US
dc.format.mediumelectronicen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2152/115166
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/42067
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.ispartofUT Electronic Theses and Dissertationsen_US
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.en_US
dc.rights.restrictionOpenen_US
dc.subjectMichel Foucaulten_US
dc.subjectPolitical intellectualsen_US
dc.subjectIntellectuals and politicsen_US
dc.subjectScholarly work and politicsen_US
dc.subjectSocietal influenceen_US
dc.subjectIntellectual as exileen_US
dc.subjectPolitical resistanceen_US
dc.subjectSocietal rolesen_US
dc.subjectIntellectuals and societyen_US
dc.subjectIntellectual ethicsen_US
dc.subject.lcshFoucault, Michel, 1926-1984. Works--Political aspects
dc.subject.lcshFoucault, Michel, 1926-1984--Influence
dc.subject.lcshFoucault, Michel, 1926-1984--Political and social views
dc.subject.lcshIntellectuals--Political aspects
dc.subject.lcshIntellectuals--Social aspects
dc.subject.lcshIntellectuals--Moral and ethical aspects
dc.titleProphets in exile : a diagnosis of Michel Foucault's political intellectualen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US
thesis.degree.departmentPhilosophyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplinePhilosophyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Texas at Austinen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US

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