Doing such an analysis would require overcoming the untenable dichotomy
between freedom and power. How could there be powerless freedom. I
suspect that the affinity between Foucault and Hayek can be located, at
least partly, in Foucault's attempt to defend and cultivate "subjugated
knowledges." These are local knowledges (cf. Geertz) that create sites
of resistance against normalizing tendencies. Foucault could also
appreciate Hayek's insistence on the impossibility of universal and
central information in the hands of the planner combined with his
insistence that markets nevertheless provide for coordinated action --
albeit with a darker interpretation of coordination.
Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> The rather, um, simple discourse on Us, Them, and The Market here over the
> last couple of days has been pretty disappointing. Hasn't anyone ever done
> anything like a Foucaultian reading of The Market as a realm of apparent
> freedom that is all about power? Of how The Market shapes subjects into
> Homo economicus? And what about Foucault's apparent late fondness for
> Hayek, anyway?
>
> Doug
>
> --
>
> Doug Henwood
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between freedom and power. How could there be powerless freedom. I
suspect that the affinity between Foucault and Hayek can be located, at
least partly, in Foucault's attempt to defend and cultivate "subjugated
knowledges." These are local knowledges (cf. Geertz) that create sites
of resistance against normalizing tendencies. Foucault could also
appreciate Hayek's insistence on the impossibility of universal and
central information in the hands of the planner combined with his
insistence that markets nevertheless provide for coordinated action --
albeit with a darker interpretation of coordination.
Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> The rather, um, simple discourse on Us, Them, and The Market here over the
> last couple of days has been pretty disappointing. Hasn't anyone ever done
> anything like a Foucaultian reading of The Market as a realm of apparent
> freedom that is all about power? Of how The Market shapes subjects into
> Homo economicus? And what about Foucault's apparent late fondness for
> Hayek, anyway?
>
> Doug
>
> --
>
> Doug Henwood
> Left Business Observer
> 250 W 85 St
> New York NY 10024-3217 USA
> +1-212-874-4020 voice +1-212-874-3137 fax
> email: <mailto:dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>
> web: <http://www.panix.com/~dhenwood/LBO_home.html>