A Search for Meaning and Identity

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In this paper the author philosophizes on the search for meaning and identity. He identifies how meaning is searched for under the influence of power, reality and religion and the search for power is a common human concern. He then discusses identity as a consideration of the Other, gender, race, the grotesque and the self. The paper concludes with the joining of these two theories.

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"Foucault (1977) sheds interesting light upon the issue of power through a discussion of the plague and how it was handled. He mentions the elements of the constant "gaze" as well as space restriction. The plague, seen as chaos, was met with order, control and power. People were restricted to their homes, and the enclosed, segmented space, was observed at every point. The function of this order is to eradicate all confusion. Confusion was brought about by the disease, transmitted from body to body. The confusion of the evil increased when fear, disease and death "

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