THE DISCIPLINARY SOCIETY AND THE BIRTH OF SOCIOLOGY: A FOUCAULDIAN PERSPECTIVE
THE DISCIPLINARY SOCIETY AND THE BIRTH OF SOCIOLOGY: A FOUCAULDIAN PERSPECTIVE
Author(s): Dušan Marinković, Dušan RistićSubject(s): Social history, History and theory of sociology, Evaluation research, 18th Century, 19th Century
Published by: Slovensko sociološko društvo (in FDV)
Keywords: discipline; Foucault; genealogy; power/knowledge; sociology;
Summary/Abstract: This paper is genealogical research that aims to present one of the historical ways that led to the emergence of sociology as a modern science. We discuss how and why this kind of genealogical research is important for explaining the emergence, transformation and regionalisation of power/knowledge. By following the arguments developed by Michel Foucault, we argue that the disciplinary practices emerging in European societies during the 18th and 19th centuries strongly influenced the upsurge of power/knowledge that would be transformed in sociology. We conclude that the appearance of the institutions – elements of what Foucault called the disciplinary society – led to the rise of new discourses of their legitimisation and to the birth of sociology.
Journal: Družboslovne razprave
- Issue Year: 32/2016
- Issue No: 83
- Page Range: 29-43
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English