Hello all,
I'm a newcomer to this list, and something of a stranger to Foucault, so
the mails I've read so far have been simultaneously fascinating,
intriguing, and bewildering.
I'm doing some thinking about silence for a dissertation on Harold Pinter
(I'm a lit. student) and would appreciate some input/advice/feeback.
Remembering the passage in The Dangerous Individual about the defendant
who refuses to speak (promting a call to defend himself from the judge)
has lead me to think about the relationship between silence and power -
especially in terms of silence being both a sign of defiance and of
complicity. I would really appreciate any suggestions/arguments/guidance
from anyone on the list. If you can point me in the direction of any
texts (by Foucault or otherwise) that you feel I ought to look at then
that would be a great help.
I look forward to hearing from you all,
Mark
I'm a newcomer to this list, and something of a stranger to Foucault, so
the mails I've read so far have been simultaneously fascinating,
intriguing, and bewildering.
I'm doing some thinking about silence for a dissertation on Harold Pinter
(I'm a lit. student) and would appreciate some input/advice/feeback.
Remembering the passage in The Dangerous Individual about the defendant
who refuses to speak (promting a call to defend himself from the judge)
has lead me to think about the relationship between silence and power -
especially in terms of silence being both a sign of defiance and of
complicity. I would really appreciate any suggestions/arguments/guidance
from anyone on the list. If you can point me in the direction of any
texts (by Foucault or otherwise) that you feel I ought to look at then
that would be a great help.
I look forward to hearing from you all,
Mark