I may be too harsh, but I think in some ways Foucault's comments on space
and place may have been partly rudimentary and merely chicken scratches and
scrap work, scraps and side comments that were taken up and greatly expanded
on by other scholars such as Claude Raffestin, Chris Philo, Stuart Elden,
etc.
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:48 AM, Clare O'Farrell <c.ofarrell@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> I asked this question of the list a while ago but only got a couple
> of responses so thought I would try again.
>
> I am looking for examples of investigations that have been prompted
> by throw away remarks in Foucault's work. Ideas which Foucault only
> mentioned briefly in passing that people have taken up as a
> springboard for extensive studies.
>
> Actually, come to think of it, Edward Said's work Orientalism is
> probably one such work - from a very brief comment in the
> introduction to The History of Madness.
> --
> regards
> Clare
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