Op zondag, 08-maa-98 schreef Phantom Overtone:
PO> Randall:
PO> You stated in a previous post that "the _suffocating_ world created b=
y
PO> Foucault" lends itself to the dangers of pessimism. (I assume pessim=
ism
PO> because of your tying the statement in with Schopenhaur and Nietzsche=
=2E)
PO> Firstly, I don't agree that Foucault creates a suffocating world. At=
worst
PO> he does _present_ certain archaeological structures that appear
PO> suffocating; prisons, clinics, madhouses, etc. However, I never
PO> interpreted Foucault as intending to suffocate us with these analyses=
=2E
PO> Instead, these sites are approached and used for demonstration becaus=
e a)
PO> they are primary sites for identifying interstices of power and resis=
tance
PO> - where knowledge is formed and b) analyzing these locations best rev=
eals
PO> the positional autonomy that one can achieve by employing a methodolo=
gy
PO> that identifies institutional objects for what they are; intelligible=
PO> material for disclosing power relations. =
And the point of view which creates a pessimistic image of Foucault, Niet=
zsche and Schopenhauer, the X-ian waspian nimbyan optimism, is not only p=
hilosophically but also litterally suffocating, since it causes mental di=
seases like economania, workoholism and the belief in progress which make=
s it the main cause of industrial pollution. =
-- =
> erik
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PO> Randall:
PO> You stated in a previous post that "the _suffocating_ world created b=
y
PO> Foucault" lends itself to the dangers of pessimism. (I assume pessim=
ism
PO> because of your tying the statement in with Schopenhaur and Nietzsche=
=2E)
PO> Firstly, I don't agree that Foucault creates a suffocating world. At=
worst
PO> he does _present_ certain archaeological structures that appear
PO> suffocating; prisons, clinics, madhouses, etc. However, I never
PO> interpreted Foucault as intending to suffocate us with these analyses=
=2E
PO> Instead, these sites are approached and used for demonstration becaus=
e a)
PO> they are primary sites for identifying interstices of power and resis=
tance
PO> - where knowledge is formed and b) analyzing these locations best rev=
eals
PO> the positional autonomy that one can achieve by employing a methodolo=
gy
PO> that identifies institutional objects for what they are; intelligible=
PO> material for disclosing power relations. =
And the point of view which creates a pessimistic image of Foucault, Niet=
zsche and Schopenhauer, the X-ian waspian nimbyan optimism, is not only p=
hilosophically but also litterally suffocating, since it causes mental di=
seases like economania, workoholism and the belief in progress which make=
s it the main cause of industrial pollution. =
-- =
> erik
/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=
~~~~~~~~~~~~\
erik hoogcarspel < jehms@xxxxxxxxxxx Boerhaaveln=
99b
< tl+31.(0)104157097 3112 LE Sch=
iedam
< fx+31.(0)842113137 Holland
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