无望的逃离:规训权力理论视角下的《人性的污秽》

Discipline and Resistance:Interpretation on The Human Stain from Disciplinary Theory

美国著名犹太作家菲利普·罗斯洞察美国社会弊病入木三分,其“美国三部曲”收官之作《人性的污秽》深刻描绘了美国社会的种族矛盾和政治虚伪。本文从福柯的权力规训理论出发,解读小说中所体现的身份政治。研究发现,无所不在的白人主流意识形态规训凭借其强大的渗透力和潜移默化的感染力,通过军队、学校、监狱等机制的约束,使个体逐步变成驯顺的肉体。尽管个体试图反抗,但最终被更为强大的主流意识形态权力所压制。少数族裔陷入生存困境和绝望的深渊,而白人主流意识形态规训是导致这一困局的根本原因。

Renowned Jewish American writer Philip Roth has a penetrating insight into the malaise of American society.The final installment of his"American Trilogy,"The Human Stain,offers a profound depiction of the racial conflicts and political hypocrisy within American society.This thesis interprets the novel from the perspective of Michel Foucault's disciplinary theory,focusing on the portrayal of identity politics.The study reveals that the pervasive white mainstream ideological discipline,with its powerful penetration and subtle influence,gradually molds individuals into docile bodies through mechanisms like barracks,army,schools,prisons and workshops.Despite their attempts of resistance,individuals are ultimately suppressed by the more dominant power of mainstream ideology,which results in American minority being trapped in a desperate abyss of survival,with the white mainstream ideological discipline being the fundamental cause of their predicament.