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+  From: jrv7472 <jrv7472@xxxxxxxxxx>
+  Date: Tue, 6 Dec 1994 13:23:38 -0500 (EST)


On Mon, 5 Dec 1994, Mario Puga wrote:
>
> Would Foucault say evil is just an illusion made by man that really does
> not have a true meaning or would he say evil could be anything that hurts
> humanity.

Rather than pose the question this way, I think Foucualt would study the
processes by which the "Truth" of evil came to be exposed, to be
understood as evil, and the way this truth of evil was used as a means
for power relations to be structured.

Best,
jv
jrv7472@xxxxxxxxxx

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