mode of objectification

is a mode of inquiry that studies the modes by which individuals become the subjects of power, or by which human beings turn themselves into subjects e.g. Objects of their own sexuality.

modes by which individuals become the subjects of power. Foucault believes there are 'three modes of objectification by which a person becomes a subject... the subject being the focus of his work. These modes are:Modes of inquiry that attempt take on the status of science e.g. the analysis of economics and wealth through the measurement and examination and objectification of the productive subject and the objectification of the fact of a person's being alive in the study of natural history.Modes of objectifying through 'dividing practices' whether that be dividing the subject from others or dividing the subject internally e.g. the good and bad, the sick and healthy, and the rich and poor.Modes by which human beings turn themselves into subjects e.g. objects of their own sexuality. (d ), ' (net)

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mode of objectification