>Just wondering if anyone out there in the rather silent Foucault land knew
>of any discussion of a Foucauldian approach to the environment. How about,
>maybe a discussion of Nietzsche's writing on nature? I'm trying to think
>how power/knowledge might specifically operate in environmental discourse.
>I can understand how present environmental discourse might serve as a
>quasi-scientific body of knowledge, but I'm wondering what space of
>resistance exists for an environmental crisis which seems to be seen as
>largely a by-product of capitalism and the fetishism of consumption. In
>other words, I need help understanding how Foucault's analysis of power in
>discursive formations can be utilized to understand environmental
>destruction AND to orient people towards some alternative.
>
>feel no harm...
A couple of weeks ago, there were a brief correspondance about Foucault and
the Environment. In relations to this I of a texts, which discusses
Foucault and geography:
D. Matless (1992) An occasion for geography: lanscape, representation and
Foucault's corpus, in: Society and Space, vol. 10, p.41-56.
Also I member a mesage on this list the 12th of march about a book
concerned the theme in question. I will send this former message in the
buttom of this message.
Finally there is some social scientifical discussion of environmental
problems and the construction of nature i Denmark. Unfortunaly it basicly
is in danish and not translated. It is a dicussion, which try to develop a
concept of natur and environment, which think the social and the natural
together using social practice, sensuality and body as mediating concepts.
Theoretical these discussions are based one f.ex. Laclau & Mouffe (which
builds on Foucault), or Bourdieu, Ernst Bloch, Merleau-Ponty and other
fenomenologists. It migth not all bee Foucalt related, but is a broader
area of constructivism.
In general I think, that the concept og discourse is very usable i terms of
understanding, who people change nature. And also way we present the
problems we name environmental problems, crisis, and challenges.
Morten Ranum
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Dear Foucaultians!
In case you missed previous calls for papers for a book on FOUCAUL T AND TH=
E
ENVIRONMENT, I am sending you the final call. There is room for two or
three articles... Interested? Deadline: APRIL 15, 1996!!!
*************************************************
LAST CALL FOR PAPERS for a book
FOUCAULT AND THE ENVIRONMENT:
POWER/KNOWELDGE, RESISTANCE AND THE SELF
Edited by Eric Darier
1. Table of Contents
Introduction: Michel Foucault and the Environment by =90ric
Darier
This introduction will:
(1) contextualise Michel Foucault and his work;
(2) present an overview of the 3 theoretical approaches
developed by Foucault:
(a) the archaeological approach to discourse
analysis about knowledge
(b) the genealogical approach to an analysis of
social practices
(c) a non-essentialist approach to an ethics of
the self;
(3) demonstrate the relevance of all three approaches
for a critical study of the environment by drawing on
each of the subsequent chapters;
(4) introduce each of the chapters and integrate them
in the Foucaldian conceptual framework.
Part 1. The Construction of Environmental Knowledge
This section will include four chapters on issues such
as: naturalism and environmental knowledge; from nature
to sustainable development: the emergence of a
discourse on truth; specific historical case studies
illustrating the construction of environmental
knowledge.
Part 2. Environmental Resistance and Normalisation
This section will include four chapters on issues such
as: case studies of environmental policies attempting
to normalise the environmental conduct of the
population; case studies of instances of resistance to
environmental degradation.
Part 3. The Creation of a Green Self: Toward a Non-
essentialist Environmental Ethics?
This section will include four chapters on issues such
as: non-essentialist eco-feminism; green/gender
identity; case studies on non-western Green Self;
theoretical discussion about non-essentialist
environmental ethics.
2. Timeframe
* Deadline for submission of the article:15th April 1996
* Final selection of articles and suggested revision to
authors by 30th June 1996
* Final manuscript ready by 31st August 1996
* Publication by end of 1996 / early 1997
3. Length
Including the introduction, there will be thirteen chapters in total. Each
chapter should
be between 6,000 and 7,500 words maximum including notes and bibliography.
For further information:
***************************************************************************
=C9ric Darier
Post-doctoral Fellow
Tel. 613-545-6000 ext. 4710=20
Environmental Policy Unit
Fax. 613-545-6630
School of Policy Studies
e-mail: ed2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Queen's University, Kingston
Ontario, K7L 3N6 Canada
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>of any discussion of a Foucauldian approach to the environment. How about,
>maybe a discussion of Nietzsche's writing on nature? I'm trying to think
>how power/knowledge might specifically operate in environmental discourse.
>I can understand how present environmental discourse might serve as a
>quasi-scientific body of knowledge, but I'm wondering what space of
>resistance exists for an environmental crisis which seems to be seen as
>largely a by-product of capitalism and the fetishism of consumption. In
>other words, I need help understanding how Foucault's analysis of power in
>discursive formations can be utilized to understand environmental
>destruction AND to orient people towards some alternative.
>
>feel no harm...
A couple of weeks ago, there were a brief correspondance about Foucault and
the Environment. In relations to this I of a texts, which discusses
Foucault and geography:
D. Matless (1992) An occasion for geography: lanscape, representation and
Foucault's corpus, in: Society and Space, vol. 10, p.41-56.
Also I member a mesage on this list the 12th of march about a book
concerned the theme in question. I will send this former message in the
buttom of this message.
Finally there is some social scientifical discussion of environmental
problems and the construction of nature i Denmark. Unfortunaly it basicly
is in danish and not translated. It is a dicussion, which try to develop a
concept of natur and environment, which think the social and the natural
together using social practice, sensuality and body as mediating concepts.
Theoretical these discussions are based one f.ex. Laclau & Mouffe (which
builds on Foucault), or Bourdieu, Ernst Bloch, Merleau-Ponty and other
fenomenologists. It migth not all bee Foucalt related, but is a broader
area of constructivism.
In general I think, that the concept og discourse is very usable i terms of
understanding, who people change nature. And also way we present the
problems we name environmental problems, crisis, and challenges.
Morten Ranum
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Reply-To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dear Foucaultians!
In case you missed previous calls for papers for a book on FOUCAUL T AND TH=
E
ENVIRONMENT, I am sending you the final call. There is room for two or
three articles... Interested? Deadline: APRIL 15, 1996!!!
*************************************************
LAST CALL FOR PAPERS for a book
FOUCAULT AND THE ENVIRONMENT:
POWER/KNOWELDGE, RESISTANCE AND THE SELF
Edited by Eric Darier
1. Table of Contents
Introduction: Michel Foucault and the Environment by =90ric
Darier
This introduction will:
(1) contextualise Michel Foucault and his work;
(2) present an overview of the 3 theoretical approaches
developed by Foucault:
(a) the archaeological approach to discourse
analysis about knowledge
(b) the genealogical approach to an analysis of
social practices
(c) a non-essentialist approach to an ethics of
the self;
(3) demonstrate the relevance of all three approaches
for a critical study of the environment by drawing on
each of the subsequent chapters;
(4) introduce each of the chapters and integrate them
in the Foucaldian conceptual framework.
Part 1. The Construction of Environmental Knowledge
This section will include four chapters on issues such
as: naturalism and environmental knowledge; from nature
to sustainable development: the emergence of a
discourse on truth; specific historical case studies
illustrating the construction of environmental
knowledge.
Part 2. Environmental Resistance and Normalisation
This section will include four chapters on issues such
as: case studies of environmental policies attempting
to normalise the environmental conduct of the
population; case studies of instances of resistance to
environmental degradation.
Part 3. The Creation of a Green Self: Toward a Non-
essentialist Environmental Ethics?
This section will include four chapters on issues such
as: non-essentialist eco-feminism; green/gender
identity; case studies on non-western Green Self;
theoretical discussion about non-essentialist
environmental ethics.
2. Timeframe
* Deadline for submission of the article:15th April 1996
* Final selection of articles and suggested revision to
authors by 30th June 1996
* Final manuscript ready by 31st August 1996
* Publication by end of 1996 / early 1997
3. Length
Including the introduction, there will be thirteen chapters in total. Each
chapter should
be between 6,000 and 7,500 words maximum including notes and bibliography.
For further information:
***************************************************************************
=C9ric Darier
Post-doctoral Fellow
Tel. 613-545-6000 ext. 4710=20
Environmental Policy Unit
Fax. 613-545-6630
School of Policy Studies
e-mail: ed2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Queen's University, Kingston
Ontario, K7L 3N6 Canada
***************************************************************************