'm' said:
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>Can you explain to me what the term "humanism" means to you? I am
>not picking on you in particular, I have trouble with "humanism" and
>"antihumanism" in general -- I never know what people talk about when
>they throw these terms around. But you seems to have some firm idea
>of what it means, so I'm pouncing on you.
Might it not be better to ask Foucault what he meant since, (i) this is a
foucault list, hence presume Doug's question relates to some general way in
which Foucault or those influenced by him use the term, and (ii) it is often
the Foucault industry which claims to have gone beyond humanism and the
'subject'.
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Colin Wight
Department of International Politics
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth
SY23 3DA
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>Can you explain to me what the term "humanism" means to you? I am
>not picking on you in particular, I have trouble with "humanism" and
>"antihumanism" in general -- I never know what people talk about when
>they throw these terms around. But you seems to have some firm idea
>of what it means, so I'm pouncing on you.
Might it not be better to ask Foucault what he meant since, (i) this is a
foucault list, hence presume Doug's question relates to some general way in
which Foucault or those influenced by him use the term, and (ii) it is often
the Foucault industry which claims to have gone beyond humanism and the
'subject'.
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Colin Wight
Department of International Politics
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth
SY23 3DA
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