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What did Foucault argue about knowledge and practices related to disease and mental illnesses?
What did Foucault argue about knowledge and practices related to disease and mental illnesses?
- They were only relevant to Western societies
- They were historically and culturally specific (correct)
- They were universal across all cultures and time periods
- They were based on religious beliefs rather than scientific understanding
According to Foucault, what was more significant than trans-historical continuities?
According to Foucault, what was more significant than trans-historical continuities?
- Continuity and stability in cultural practices
- Radical breaks, ruptures, and discontinuities between different periods and discursive formations (correct)
- The influence of external factors such as geography and climate
- The preservation of traditional beliefs and values
In The Birth of the Clinic, what transformation did Foucault chart in the medical understanding of disease?
In The Birth of the Clinic, what transformation did Foucault chart in the medical understanding of disease?
- A shift from a modern idea that disease arose within and could be mapped directly by its course through the human body to a classical notion that disease existed separate from the visible body
- A shift from a focus on physical symptoms to a focus on psychological causes of disease
- A shift from a classical notion that disease existed separate from the visible body to a modern idea that disease arose within and could be mapped directly by its course through the human body (correct)
- A shift from a belief that disease was caused by supernatural forces to a scientific understanding of its origins
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