I am quite new at this list, so I haven't contributed with anything yet.
The reason for this respons is the surgestion for a reading group. I think
it is a good idea, og I will be happy to join a initiative. I don't know
the text " L'ordre du Discours", but I have been intending til read The
Order of Things" for some time.
My interest for Foucault goes a couple a years bch, when I read some of his
works intensively. I have never directly used the concepts in the thinking
of Foucault in my own scientific work, men Foucault has contributed
essentially to the developtment of my intellectual realization (or
recognition - I can find the rigth english word for that, but the german is
"erkenntniss"). And it is in this sense, I think that Foucault is relevant.
In the resent half year I have regain an interest for Foucault.
My actual work is, that I am doing at post graduate (Ph.D) research on
environmental history in the 20th century of Denmark. More specifically my
research is about discources of energy in the period mentioned in Denmark,
and how other energy ressources was marginalized. The forward perspektive
of the project is to discuss how it could be poosible to strenghten the
posiition of solar energy and power from windmills.
The bottom line is, at I very interesting in a reading group, so someone
decide a plan og timescedule, though I am little confused about how to
organize a cyber readign group.
Venlig hilsen (Best wishes)
Morten Ranum
ranum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Menneske & Natur (Man & Nature)
Humanistisk Forskningscenter (Humanities Research Center)
Odense Universitet (Odense University)
Hollufgaard - Hestehaven 201 - DK-5220 Odense SØ
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