malgosia askanas wrote:
>But this idea of "hiding" is just your own interpretation; there are many
>different models of the social role of intellectuals, and I don't think
>Foucault's ideas on this subject deserve no better than being labeled as
>a "Who? Me?" pose.
I wasn't referring to F there, but to some of the posters to this list.
>I believe that posing certain types of questions that are not currently
>being posed is a valuable task. In fact, its value is often much greater
>than that of _answering_ questions. My perception of Foucault is that
>his strength, and his task, lie in questioning, not answering. Is your
>perception different?
The questions one asks often imply an answer, or a critique of someone
else's answer. So it's kind of hard to separate Q&A.
Doug
>But this idea of "hiding" is just your own interpretation; there are many
>different models of the social role of intellectuals, and I don't think
>Foucault's ideas on this subject deserve no better than being labeled as
>a "Who? Me?" pose.
I wasn't referring to F there, but to some of the posters to this list.
>I believe that posing certain types of questions that are not currently
>being posed is a valuable task. In fact, its value is often much greater
>than that of _answering_ questions. My perception of Foucault is that
>his strength, and his task, lie in questioning, not answering. Is your
>perception different?
The questions one asks often imply an answer, or a critique of someone
else's answer. So it's kind of hard to separate Q&A.
Doug