Clara Ho wrote:
He claims in his paper that for power to exist there
>must be resistance. My question is, if power and resistance are trapped
>perpetually in this relationship, why even resist at all if there is
>really no final goal? Does Foucault truly believe that this is the state
>we are all destined for? Perpetual struggle without any resolution?
>Another question I have is Foucault's claim that "we" as a society assume
>that truth is good, ideal, something to be striving for. In telling us
>that truth is constructed, Foucault destroys the ideal. What does he hope
>to accomplish in doing this?
>
>Regards,
>
>Clara Ho
>The University of Calgary
>
We shouls all make an attempt to reread "The Subject and Power" (which
appeared in Foucault: Beyond Structuralism and Hermeneutics), and "What is
Enlightenment?" There are to be found many answers to the above questions.
He claims in his paper that for power to exist there
>must be resistance. My question is, if power and resistance are trapped
>perpetually in this relationship, why even resist at all if there is
>really no final goal? Does Foucault truly believe that this is the state
>we are all destined for? Perpetual struggle without any resolution?
>Another question I have is Foucault's claim that "we" as a society assume
>that truth is good, ideal, something to be striving for. In telling us
>that truth is constructed, Foucault destroys the ideal. What does he hope
>to accomplish in doing this?
>
>Regards,
>
>Clara Ho
>The University of Calgary
>
We shouls all make an attempt to reread "The Subject and Power" (which
appeared in Foucault: Beyond Structuralism and Hermeneutics), and "What is
Enlightenment?" There are to be found many answers to the above questions.