An Analysis of the Monster Concept from Foucault's Perspective in "Las Minenas"

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Ph.D. Student, Department of Visual Arts, University of Islamic Arts, Tabriz, Iran.

2 Postdoctoral Researcher in Philosophy, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.

3 Professor, Department of Visual Arts, University of Islamic Arts, Tabriz, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.34785/J016.2022.007

Abstract

The core of the monster's emergence, according to Foucault, is a mixture or hybrid that emerges at the junction of nature and law and challenges order. The main purpose of this paper is to study the concept of the monster from Foucault's perspective and to analyze the place of this concept in Foucault's thought. This is done in order to be able to use the concept of the monster in connection with visual representation in art. Our questions in this study are: How did Foucault conceptualize the monster in the various coordinates and dimensions of his thought? Given the fundamental importance of the issue of representation in the Las Minenas painting by Velasquez and Foucault's special attention to this work of art in this regard, what is the relationship between Foucault's monster and visual representation in this work? ? This research has been done with a content analysis approach and analytical-descriptive method and the results show that for Foucault the monster is an autonomous, violent, but ultimately natural form of the abnormal and how Foucault encounters the concept of the monster primarily is associated with decentralization of the normal. In Las Minenas painting, monsters are the ones who distort the order of representation or are basically out of representation.

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Sociology of Culture and Art
Volume 4, Issue 1 - Serial Number 10
February 2022
Pages 41-23

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  • Receive Date: 22 November 2021
  • Revise Date: 26 March 2022
  • Accept Date: 13 May 2022

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