>>>Aaron wrote:
>
><<Dear Fellow Foucault People,
> I'm hastily writing an essay on a foucaultian perspective on power
>structures in Orwell's 1984. I'm basically basing the work on the
>panopticon, and the way in which people are watched and controlled in
the=
>
>Oceanic society. The problem is that
>I think the power structures in 1984 are too open and apparent to
discuss=
>
>on a Foucaultian perspective. Does anyone have any suggestions, or
know
>about any texts that would be relevent to Orwell?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Aaron<<<
>
Aaron,
an interesting take on 1984 is to be found in Lyotard's book "The
Postmodern explained to Children", in a piece called "A Gloss on
Resistance". I haven't thought about it in relation to Foucault, but
you should find it useful. He deals with the idea of bodies there,
which does have resonances with Foucault.
Here's to the memory of Jean Francois Lyotard, who died last week. I
have been wondering if he died in a way "commensurate with his
conception of death.
cheers
Jon
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