Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Foucault argues that the scientific study of sex should focus on the relationship between sex
and power.
2. According to Giorgio Agamben, zones of exception only exist in totalitarian regimes, not
democracies.
3. Many critics do not take Giorgio Agamben seriously because it seems largely unbelievable
that today’s world is worse than that of Nazi Germany.
4. Postmodern theory was immensely unpopular when it first arose in the 1980s.
5. When it arose in the 1980s, postmodern social theory challenged conventional sociological
thought.
1.true
2.false
3.true
4.true
5.true
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