Stultitia and Type 2 Diabetes
The Madness of Not Wanting to Care for the Self
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12947686 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anders Kruse Ljungdalh (0000-0002-8399-5060, Aarhus University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | 154-174 |
| Publication date | 2013-08-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Foucault Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1832-5203 • E-ISSN: 1832-5203 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.22439/fs.v0i16.4122 |
| OpenAlex | W1538066712 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
This paper explores the condition of stultitia, which is described by Michel Foucault in The Hermeneutics of the Subject as a condition one is in, before having started to care for the self. The purpose is to shed light on one of the paradoxes of patient education by introducing and elaborating an aspect of Foucault’s literary activities, which has not, to my knowledge, been investigated empirically before. To illustrate this condition, the paper targets the relation between type 2 diabetes, contemporary norms of healthy living, diabetes education, and the situation that sometimes occurs when individuals are not capable of, or motivated to, taking care of themselves. It specifically targets a situation, which is both incomprehensible to health professionals and patients alike; when patients desire a healthy life, but at the same time do not pursue it according to the recommendations. Thus, it is a condition of madness, which is investigated; madness in the sense that patients have internalised a rationality, against which their own behaviour rebels
Aesthetics · Diabetes mellitus · Epistemology · Health care · Health professionals · Hermeneutics · Michel foucault · Political science · Politics · Rationality · Relation (database · Sociology · Subject (documents · Type 2 diabetes · Computer Science · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Law · Medicine · Philosophy · Political Theology and Sovereignty · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |