Michel Foucault

Exploring the controversial 1977 letter critiquing France's consent laws, focusing on Michel Foucault's involvement. Delving into power dynamics in relationships and questioning traditional notions of children's autonomy and sexuality for liberation.

In this podcast, Jacques 'Derridevil' Derrida challenges Michel Foucault on the topic of metaphysics. After a crippling blow, Foucault is frozen out. The podcast explores the critiques of Foucault and the legacy of Descartes, the relationship between reason, madness, and power, the complexity of language in political philosophy, and the limitations of binary thinking.

Exploring the history of discipline and punishment, power dynamics, and freedom of speech vs offense. Discussing the evolution of punishment and societal hierarchy, gruesome public executions, and the impact of titles in hierarchical systems. Delving into the complexities of gender fluidity, logic, and post-modernist thought.

Feeling watched? Suspicious your Google Home is a front for Big Brother? From period tracking apps to police body cams, surveillance has immense social-political implications for our everyday lives. In episode 55 of Overthink, Ellie and David draw on social philosophy to understand our experiences of mass surveillance. How do technologies of surveillance that promise convenience and freedom lead us to welcome new forms of control into our lives? They also consider how these technologies have empowered people to take up new methods of resisting state violence. Works DiscussedAnders Albrechtslund, “Online social networking as participatory surveillance”Roger Clark, “Information technology and dataveillance”Gilles Deleuze, “Postscript on the Societies of Control”Michel Foucault, Discipline and PunishKevin Haggerty and Richard Ericson, “The surveillant assemblage” Steve Mann, “’Sousveillance’: inverse surveillance in multimedia imaging’”Support the showPatreon | patreon.com/overthinkpodcast Website | overthinkpodcast.comInstagram & Twitter | @overthink_podEmail | dearoverthink@gmail.comYouTube | Overthink podcast

Michel Foucault, a towering philosophical figure of the 20th century, delves into the complex history of madness and its societal interpretations. He discusses the evolution of how madness was perceived, from the tragic view in the Middle Ages to the institutionalization during the Renaissance and beyond. Foucault challenges the moral implications of labor and idleness, questioning the intersection of economics, morality, and mental health. He critically examines the transformation of madness from a moral failing to a medical issue, providing profound insight into historical perceptions of mental illness.