>it seems as though foucault is saying that in identity there is
>domination. subjects are constituted within discourses (hence his claim that
>power is creative) and such constitution serves as a limitation on the
>possible ways of being. by making frequent shifts in his writing, foucault is
>trying to break through these forms of domination.
Two questions:
a. Did Foucault in any way succeed in his attempt to 'break through'?
b. If so, how - exactly - did this occur?
(The second is, as I see it, the big question with Foucault:
How does history happen? By what agency?)
Toby
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>domination. subjects are constituted within discourses (hence his claim that
>power is creative) and such constitution serves as a limitation on the
>possible ways of being. by making frequent shifts in his writing, foucault is
>trying to break through these forms of domination.
Two questions:
a. Did Foucault in any way succeed in his attempt to 'break through'?
b. If so, how - exactly - did this occur?
(The second is, as I see it, the big question with Foucault:
How does history happen? By what agency?)
Toby
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