On Sun, 4 Jan 1998, Clare O'Farrell wrote:
> Eric Angel mentions that it was Discipline and Punish and The History of
> Sexuality that first got him interested in Foucault. For me it was two
> texts - the first 'The Situation of Cuvier in the history of biology'
> followed by _The Archaeology_ I thought the Archaeology was a wonderful
> book - it was certainly the one that got me thoroughly hooked on Foucault.
Speaking of which: a while ago, I read a book (can't remember which;
maybe Megill, but I don't think so) which claimed that AK must be
read as a parody of Descartes's _Discourse on Method_: that if you read
it straight, you just don't get it. Personally, I don't much see the
connection (and anyway I'm inclined to agree with Rorty that AK is
Foucault's "least successful book"). Comments?
Matthew
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Matthew A. King - Department of Philosophy - McMaster University