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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 33-42 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Nursing Philosophy |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2005 |
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The production of the psychiatric subject : power, knowledge and Michel Foucault. / Roberts, Marc.
In: Nursing Philosophy, Vol. 6, No. 1, 01.2005, p. 33-42.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - The production of the psychiatric subject
T2 - power, knowledge and Michel Foucault
AU - Roberts, Marc
PY - 2005/1
Y1 - 2005/1
N2 - The issue of power has become increasingly important within psychiatry, psychotherapy and mental health nursing generally. This paper will suggest that the work of Michel Foucault, the French philosopher and historian, has much to contribute to the discussion about the nature, existence and exercise of power within contemporary mental health care. As well as examining his original and challenging account of power, Foucault’s emphasis on the intimate relationship between power and knowledge will be explored within the context of psychiatry and mental health nursing. This is to say that the paper will investigate Foucault’s account of how power and knowledge are central to the process by which human beings are ‘made subjects’ and therefore how ‘psychiatric identities’ are produced. In doing so, it will be suggested that Foucault’s work can not only make a valuable contribution to contemporary discussions about power and knowledge, but can also provide a significant critique and reconceptualization of the theoretical foundations and associated diagnostic and therapeutic practices of psychiatry and mental health nursing.
AB - The issue of power has become increasingly important within psychiatry, psychotherapy and mental health nursing generally. This paper will suggest that the work of Michel Foucault, the French philosopher and historian, has much to contribute to the discussion about the nature, existence and exercise of power within contemporary mental health care. As well as examining his original and challenging account of power, Foucault’s emphasis on the intimate relationship between power and knowledge will be explored within the context of psychiatry and mental health nursing. This is to say that the paper will investigate Foucault’s account of how power and knowledge are central to the process by which human beings are ‘made subjects’ and therefore how ‘psychiatric identities’ are produced. In doing so, it will be suggested that Foucault’s work can not only make a valuable contribution to contemporary discussions about power and knowledge, but can also provide a significant critique and reconceptualization of the theoretical foundations and associated diagnostic and therapeutic practices of psychiatry and mental health nursing.
U2 - 10.1111/j.1466-769X.2004.00196.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1466-769X.2004.00196.x
M3 - Article
VL - 6
SP - 33
EP - 42
JO - Nursing Philosophy
JF - Nursing Philosophy
SN - 1466-7681
IS - 1
ER -