Read the full article which is published on Philosophy Bits (external link)When we talk about life, we tend to do so in individual terms. We focus on the life of the particular physical body that we have, which has a definite beginning and will have a definite ending. But as our awareness of the relationship between the individual self and the whole that is the world expands and deepens, the distinction between bodies becomes less important. We discover that each and every individual existence is continuously connected to the existence of others. This interdependence extends to the world itself, without which no individual life would be possible.
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Foucault’s critique of power and knowledge shaped poststructuralism, yet its rejection of truth risks becoming its own orthodoxy. To remain...
