Foucault's Theory Of The Body

Foucault's thought is complex and changeable, while the concern of body is a red line of his theory. This related to Foucault's life experiences and his attention to the marginalization of things. This article discusses the theory of Foucault on the body. Papers covered the following three interrelated issues:the context of Foucault's body theory; the specific content of Foucault's theory of the body; the theoretical characteristics of Foucault's theory of the body.The context of Foucault's body theory outlines the road to the body. In France's rebellious thoughts at the time, under the influence of Heidegger and structuralism, Foucault criticized the transcendental subject, under the influence of Rebel Literature and Nietzsche's doctrine of life, Foucault ultimately to the body which has been marginalized by Consciousness subject for a long time.Foucault's theory of body brimming with turns. In the archaeological phase, around the body, discourse set the taboo, the threshold, in the history files, documents, institutions, laws, systems, discourse carved into the body, "abnormal person," and the madness is the results of eventualization discourse written. Stage in the genealogy, power discipline the body, the body is the power of discourse reflector. In discourse of power, the society like a Panopticon-style prison, discipline, rules, timetables, knowledge, discipline, etc. play a power strategy, manage and discipline the body, the body become docile and useful in the process. In the subjectification phase, through the study of sexual history, Foucault found that the subject is not static, it has historic, therefore, Foucault believes that we should proceed from the body, look ourselves as a work of art to create, develop our own style, to achieve the new subjectification.Foucault's theory of the body has a deep theoretical foundation. Genealogy provide a methodological basis for Foucault's thought about the body. Body provide an effective entrance for the Genealogy, body is the location of source of things, the body engraved with historical events, starting from the body can effectively outline the source of things, grasp of things appear, to represent the fracture, occasionality, Return to the state of things is known as the spread. Thus, Foucault's theory of body with distinctive features of anti-essentialism. Foucault's entire work to reveal the historical ontology of ourselves, that the starting point and destination are required starting from the body.