Re: intellectuals

malgosia askanas wrote:

>But this idea of "hiding" is just your own interpretation; there are many
>different models of the social role of intellectuals, and I don't think
>Foucault's ideas on this subject deserve no better than being labeled as
>a "Who?  Me?" pose.

I wasn't referring to F there, but to some of the posters to this list.

>I believe that posing certain types of questions that are not currently
>being posed is a valuable task.  In fact, its value is often much greater
>than that of _answering_ questions.  My perception of Foucault is that
>his strength, and his task, lie in questioning, not answering.  Is your
>perception different?

The questions one asks often imply an answer, or a critique of someone
else's answer. So it's kind of hard to separate Q&A.

Doug