>>I think it's more to do with regulation, the reconstruction of the
>individual according to the laws of the state, the repression of certain
>elements of the individual and the accentuation of others (on a
>punishment/reward basis). The account Foucault gives at the beginning of
>D&P of the 18th century prison regime is a good example of disiplinary
>punishment as reconstruction.
>
>Hope this helps
>Chris
Chris,
it's interesting that you say repression here, because repression is
clearly what Foucault denies (194). I think that he can't really deny it.
What jhe wants to deny overall is that we have real selves. If we don't
have real selves, then we cannot be repressed. QED. But then why make any
critique of power relations. There is no real interest in the name of which
to make that critique. This is what bothers me, and I think where Foucault
goes wrong. Yes, I think we have real interests. It's how they have been
specified throughout history that's the problem.
Repsonse from Foucauldians?
Jeff
JLN "The architectonic structure of the Kantian
jlnich1@xxxxxxxxxxx system, like the gymnastic pyramids of
Sade's orgies and the schematized
principles of the early bourgeois
freemasonry reveals an organization of
life as a whole which is deprived of
any substantial goal."
from _The Dialectic of Enlightenment_