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Old 08-10-2019, 10:55 AM   #2672 (permalink)
jwb
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Originally Posted by elphenor View Post
Focault's first book (which I haven't finished tbh) focuses on psychology and mental illness

he proposes that categorization of certain behaviors as mental illness is political and in conjunction with power

Idk that he uses this example, but you could look at homosexuality
I don't trust shrinks either tbh

But psychology isn't even really a hard science

Maybe I'll give him another look. I just wasn't really impressed with him in the Chomsky debate
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