In your message of 19:08 May 22 1997, you write:
> > On Wed, 21 May 1997, Mark Holloway wrote:
> >
> > > 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'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this brief reference or not, but F
says a bit about silence in "The Minimalist Self," and interview in
_Politics Philosophy Culture_. Here, he talks about how "Silence may be
a much more interesting way of having a relationship with people," and
silence being "one of those things that has unfortunately been dropped
from our culture." A bit about Romans and Greeks, then he says that he's
"in favor of developing silence as a cultural ethos." (p.4)
Maybe not exactly what you are looking for, but there it is for what
it's worth.
Peace,
Blaine
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> > On Wed, 21 May 1997, Mark Holloway wrote:
> >
> > > 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'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this brief reference or not, but F
says a bit about silence in "The Minimalist Self," and interview in
_Politics Philosophy Culture_. Here, he talks about how "Silence may be
a much more interesting way of having a relationship with people," and
silence being "one of those things that has unfortunately been dropped
from our culture." A bit about Romans and Greeks, then he says that he's
"in favor of developing silence as a cultural ethos." (p.4)
Maybe not exactly what you are looking for, but there it is for what
it's worth.
Peace,
Blaine
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