Within the context of the care for the self, Foucault provides a genealogical trace to the ancient philosophy. Taking care of the self was associated with knowing oneself, which is ethical in itself, not only for caring for others but also for oneself. According to Foucault, this ethical understanding of the care for the self has complex relations among people that imply an act of governing. Hence, Foucault states that “a city in which everybody took proper care of [themselve

Describing the scope of political discussions is essential in political theory to develop a starting point, make assumptions, identify causations, make deductions, decide on methodology, and the like. This also leads to a division between subject and object of the political study and to decide who is the subject and object in terms of power relations, institutional applications, social and cultural impacts, and so on. Hence, it is hard to identify strict and crystal-clear def

The meaning of politics changes over time by the socio-cultural, economic, and historical conditions of the societies. It is possible to provide various definitions of politics from ancient times to the contemporary era. From the classical perspective, in the fourth century, Athens termed ‘‘political philosophy,’’ that became a term of equal status (and imprecision) with ‘‘political thought’’ and ‘‘theory” (Pocock, 2008, p. 164). It enabled a historical grand narrative to eme

I always liked traveling or more so I liked leaving, going away to the unknown. Still there is that longing, longing for the faraway, the freedom. At the same time I feel my roots are pulling. The things you know and that are part of you. The soil you are from: home. But maybe those seemingly opposites belong together. You can’t have freedom without boundaries. No reality without imagination. Longing is nice and there are endless possibilities in my head. Carla Vermeltfoort .