Askesis and the logic of the spiral

This essay sets out to demonstrate a strong connection between eros and askesis in Foucault’s writings. Analogous to Huffer’s argument about eros, I suggest that askesis does not invoke a return to an imagined Greek past, but operates generatively to destabilize subjectivity and normativity. Askesis...

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Main Author: Hamner, M. Gail (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group 2016
In: Theology & sexuality
Year: 2016, Volume: 22, Issue: 3, Pages: 143-154
Further subjects:B Askesis
B Huffer
B Liberation
B Foucault
B Forme
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