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Exploring the Anomalous: Foucault's Influence on Social Control and Moral Agency

This piece examines the impact of Michel Foucault's ideas on societal perceptions of marginalized groups such as the mentally ill, the poor, and the criminalized. It delves into how they are categorized as 'Others' and subject to control within institutions like asylums and prisons. The text contrasts the concepts of moral agency and dependency, discussing how society's views on inclusivity and equality influence the treatment of individuals deemed 'amoral' or 'immoral.' It questions whether a resolution to these complex issues is achievable.

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Exploring the Anomalous: Foucault's Influence on Social Control and Moral Agency

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  1. “We may have to use other means yet, but it will be a dangerous operation…” By Jayne Clapton PhD School of Human Services

  2. Setting the context

  3. What are the similarities? (Sunday Mail, 7/5/2006)

  4. The influence of Michel Foucault1926-1984

  5. Making people problems: ‘Mad’ ‘Poor’ ‘Criminal’ ‘Imbecile’ ‘Poor’  The Anomalous ‘Them’

  6. Locking ‘them’ up The social The political The Anomalous ‘them’ The asylum, the institution Law Scientism Medical- Isation Economy The hospital, the prison

  7. Watching ‘them’ – keeping control The dangerous The unhealthy The surplus The useless The contagion The contaminant

  8. Acts of dismantling - the drilling

  9. What needs to be done?

  10. Hitting barriers + Sandstone Quartz = Sandstone Quartz

  11. It’s the structure that counts … Sandstone Quartz-cemented sandstone

  12. Amoral: Dependencyis expected Moral agency is suspended or surrendered Seen as ‘pardoned beings’ who require protective action Described as the-not-able-to-be included Based on notions of equality as non-sameness Immoral: Independence is privileged Autonomous individuals who choose not to do the right, good, or just actions Failed citizens who require corrective action Inclusion is restricted Based on notions of equality as sameness The amoral - [im]moral binary <-Medical power

  13. What can we do?

  14. Can there be a happy ending?

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