The Anatomy of Power: European Constructions of the African Body - Hardcover
This is an exploration of the sociology of the body, looking at how the African body has been analyzed in western thought from the Renaissance to the present. Using Foucaultian theory, the author examines European social and medical constructions of the African body and shows how, in the service of white power, these have been perverse. Drawing on his own original research on public health issues under South Africa's apartheid system, the author applies his experience to a wider post-colonial context, and in so doing provides a radical contribution to interpretative science and the history of racism.
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'Offers a novel and radical perspective on the emergence of the African body that transcends other writing in the field. Extensive and comprehensive, it covers an enormous span of history and breadth of literature. Highly original.'
David Armstrong, Guys Hospital, London
'An invaluable contribution to interpretive science, and a literary achievement.'
Wilhelm Jordaan, University of Pretoria
'An excellent contribution to crucial issues in the social sciences - subjectivity, power, knowledge, the production of truth, health and illness. Revolutionary in a particularly constructive sense.'
C.S. de Beer, Information Science, UNISA
'An unabashed application of Foucauldian ideas to the understanding of the African body. Butchart demonstrates the validity of this thesis in different contextual settings.'
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About the Author:
David Armstrong, Guys Hospital, London
'An invaluable contribution to interpretive science, and a literary achievement.'
Wilhelm Jordaan, University of Pretoria
'An excellent contribution to crucial issues in the social sciences - subjectivity, power, knowledge, the production of truth, health and illness. Revolutionary in a particularly constructive sense.'
C.S. de Beer, Information Science, UNISA
'An unabashed application of Foucauldian ideas to the understanding of the African body. Butchart demonstrates the validity of this thesis in different contextual settings.'
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Alexander Butchart is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, University of South Africa.
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- PublisherZed Books Ltd
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 1856495396
- ISBN 13 9781856495394
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages256
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