On Sat, 20 Sep 1997, TOM DILLINGHAM wrote:
> I guess the surprise is not so much finding standard rightwing ideological
> cant on a Foucault list but that it should be coupled with such
> astonishing ignorance of even 20th century history, not to mention
> the relevant writings (from Hegel/Marx on) that underpin necessarily
> any such discussion. Simplistic bombast is not exactly foreign to
> Foucault discussion, and certainly not to people who confuse
> Marxism with communism and socialism and the Gulag, but it has not
> been so common on this list before.
> Tom Dillingham
>
I disagree that the above is the surprise. The surprise, it seems to me,
is that it's taken this long for somebody to try and shut the discussion
down with insults. Usually it happens sooner; but in any event, it's
certainly common on "this list."
--John
> I guess the surprise is not so much finding standard rightwing ideological
> cant on a Foucault list but that it should be coupled with such
> astonishing ignorance of even 20th century history, not to mention
> the relevant writings (from Hegel/Marx on) that underpin necessarily
> any such discussion. Simplistic bombast is not exactly foreign to
> Foucault discussion, and certainly not to people who confuse
> Marxism with communism and socialism and the Gulag, but it has not
> been so common on this list before.
> Tom Dillingham
>
I disagree that the above is the surprise. The surprise, it seems to me,
is that it's taken this long for somebody to try and shut the discussion
down with insults. Usually it happens sooner; but in any event, it's
certainly common on "this list."
--John