Hello all,
Was wondering if anyone has come across an idea similar to the "habitus" in
F. writing?
Appreciate the help.
atifeh.
At 09:19 20/04/1998 PDT, you wrote:
>dear all,
>
>_Saint Foucault: Towards a Gay Hagiography_ is a brilliant book and
>should be required reading for everyone here, particularly those easily
>suceptible to homophobically informed pilosophies & biographies. it
>would be nice to see this little imbroglio take a productive turn and
>develop into a discussion of halperin's book.
>
>markisha
>--who's off to minnesota to be an academic for a few days
>
>
>
>
>>Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 19:24:35 -0700
>>To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>From: Dave Roberts <dave.roberts@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Subject: Re: Foucault and Bathouses
>>Reply-To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>At 05:55 PM 4/17/98 -0500, m wrote:
>>>>At 02:00 PM 4/17/98 -0500, Dave wrote:
>>>>'We are inventing new pleasures beyond sex,'
>>>>Foucault told an interviewer--in this particular case, sex
>>>>as murder."
>>
>>>Dave, isn't it necessary to tell us exactly where *one* of those many
>lines
>>>quoted came from--I'll let you guess which one stands out a bit from
>the
>>>rest. And you might consider the tabloid quality of Miller's
>biography, of
>>>which Halperin wrote extensively in _Saint Foucault_. -m.
>>
>>Dueling biographies!
>>
>>The text that I quoted came from the book "The Idea of Decline
>>in Western History." The quotes all came from the biography
>>"The Passion of Michael Foucault." Apparently much of this
>>book is based on interviews conducted by the author. I do
>>not have the book and it is out of print...but I am going to
>>try to find a copy. I was not aware that Miller's biography was
>>controversial.
>>
>>You indicate that Miller's biography is of tabloid quality.
>>You seem be saying that it is also false. Do you think that
>>the quotes attributed to Foucault are lies? It is one thing
>>to be a poor writer or to be mistaken and quite another
>>to purposely write a false biography. What would Miller's
>>motivation for this be?
>>
>>You say that you will let me guess which quote stands out from
>>the rest. I think that you may have misread what I provided
>>based on my poor formatting. It was attributed that Foucault
>>said "We are inventing new pleasures beyond sex." That
>>seems uncontroversial. The next part is "in this particular
>>case, sex as murder." This was not meant to be attributed to
>>Foucault or Miller. These were the words of Arthur Herman.
>>
>>In the past, I have found a few books which were purposely
>>meant to mislead. This is always a disappointing but educating
>>experience. So I intend to follow up on this. According
>>to Amazon.com there are about 8 biographies of Foucault.
>>This does not include "Saint Foucault: Towards a Gay
>>Hagiography." Are there other biographies which you or
>>Halperin find suspect?
>>
>>Thanks for the information.
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>"Give me knowledge, so I may have kindness for all."
>> - Sioux proverb
>>
>>
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