Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Boquet and politics of WC
Nan Johnson’s imperative regarding the perceived role of the study and practice of rhetoric in the maintenance of social and political order is clearly illustrated in Boquet’s discussion of how the mission of WCs – and of the academy as a whole – are politically influenced (46). This section of the essay is also reflective of Foucault’s assertion that there has been a political shift toward fostering the individual as part of the machine of growth (A History of Sexuality). Such influence goes back even further than Plato, I know, but I think it’s important that we be conscious of it and ask how political and social constructions influence our research and pedagogy.
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The part about the individual needing to change to fit into the institution made me think about disabilities studies and how the premise there is that society needs to change to accommodate difference, not the individual.
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