Discuss 3 concepts that might help to transform society and develop new forms of consciousness and being in the world.
Description Answer both of the following questions. 2 full pages per question. Do not use any other outside sources besides the ones I have provided down below. each of which is worth 45 points. I will evaluate answers on the basis of the following: a) thorough and accurate explanation of theoretical concepts; b) creative application of those concepts to produce novel and meaningful insights about social life. DISCUSS 3 DIFFERENT THEORISTS FOR EACH ESSAY. INCLUDE A LIST OF REFERENCES AT THE END OF EACH ESSAY. 1) Foucault (1978, 94) argues that “[p]ower comes from below; that is, there is no binary and allencompassing opposition between rulers and ruled at the root of power relations, and serving as a general matrix – no such duality extending from the top down and reacting on more and more limited groups to the very depths of the social body.” 2) In An Essay on Liberation, Marcuse (1969, 6) argues that “the world of human freedom cannot be built by the established societies…Their class structure, and the perfected controls required to sustain it, generate needs, satisfactions, and values which reproduce the servitude of human existence.” He advocates transforming society, as well as ourselves, so that we become people “who have the good conscience of being human, tender, sensuous, who are no longer ashamed of [our]selves” (Marcuse 1969, 21). How should social theorists conceptualize power? Drawing upon Foucault and 2 other theorists, discuss 3 key ideas that you see as most important in theorizing power. Evaluate their relative strengths and limitations. Discuss 3 concepts that might help to transform society and develop new forms of consciousness and being in the world. Integrate ideas from Marcuse, queer and anarchist theory, as well as one or two other theorists of your choice. Discuss 3 different theorists than you did in your first answer. Explain the concepts and why they are useful; also discuss their limitations.
