Krista,
I found your sleep deprived comments very interesting. I wonder if you
might have any the following:
> He wrote something to the effect that death has been localized to
>institutions (and removed from the home/view); i.e. the hospital, which was
>originally a place for the poor <--- and here pls. consider that the poorer
>classes were somewhat socially useless by the time they got to the hospital
>VERSUS the dead/dying now,
"who are completely useless as they drain resources"
what about the idea that the medical industry, which has become so focused
on prolonging death, is - in addition to experiencing a very real drain on
their resources, actually profiting from the dying?
>and force scientists/medical professionals to look at the reality of their
>very limited power over human life (bec. it incorporates the
>spiritual/mysterious which science denies ---> an aspect of "scientism." and
>nursing homes, etc.
>
>Death/dying as the final representation of the body --->Foucauldian
>understanding of modern culture/structure (in the West): consider along with
>almost organic social control written on the body, when the body is no longer
>in view... because the locus has changed at the time of dying.... now where
>is it written? Is the Foucauldian explanation of structure strong enough to
>withstand the absence of the body?? if deah /dying really have been removed?
>From Foucault's writings on power as such an abstract "force" I often wonder
what "power" he understand's the body as having...i.e. an ability perform or
do power instead or simply being "created" and "crafted" by "circulating
discourses." This makes me think of the extreme fear many postmodern
theorists have in granting the body a power not within the realm of
language, what they might incorrectly refer to as essentialism, (I think of
Judith Butler as an example): a mystical, spiritual, and corporeal level
which is beyond langauge.
Thank you for your most interesting posting.
I hope you find some time to nap soon.
Alex
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I found your sleep deprived comments very interesting. I wonder if you
might have any the following:
> He wrote something to the effect that death has been localized to
>institutions (and removed from the home/view); i.e. the hospital, which was
>originally a place for the poor <--- and here pls. consider that the poorer
>classes were somewhat socially useless by the time they got to the hospital
>VERSUS the dead/dying now,
"who are completely useless as they drain resources"
what about the idea that the medical industry, which has become so focused
on prolonging death, is - in addition to experiencing a very real drain on
their resources, actually profiting from the dying?
>and force scientists/medical professionals to look at the reality of their
>very limited power over human life (bec. it incorporates the
>spiritual/mysterious which science denies ---> an aspect of "scientism." and
>nursing homes, etc.
>
>Death/dying as the final representation of the body --->Foucauldian
>understanding of modern culture/structure (in the West): consider along with
>almost organic social control written on the body, when the body is no longer
>in view... because the locus has changed at the time of dying.... now where
>is it written? Is the Foucauldian explanation of structure strong enough to
>withstand the absence of the body?? if deah /dying really have been removed?
>From Foucault's writings on power as such an abstract "force" I often wonder
what "power" he understand's the body as having...i.e. an ability perform or
do power instead or simply being "created" and "crafted" by "circulating
discourses." This makes me think of the extreme fear many postmodern
theorists have in granting the body a power not within the realm of
language, what they might incorrectly refer to as essentialism, (I think of
Judith Butler as an example): a mystical, spiritual, and corporeal level
which is beyond langauge.
Thank you for your most interesting posting.
I hope you find some time to nap soon.
Alex
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112 Franklin Street
New York, NY 10013-2980
Tel: (212) 925-4671
Fax: (212) 925-0903
Email: ffurnace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Url: www.franklinfurnace.org
Martha Wilson, Founder and Director
Michael Katchen, Senior Archivist
Alexander Komlosi, Administrative and Intern Coordinator
Betsey Gallagher, Program Coordinator