I guess I did not say enough about these two concepts to draw any response.
Foucault is often accused of critiquing power and institutions, but of never
providing a constructive alternative. In Discipline and Punish, Foucault
very briefly discusses illegality, almost in a tone of advocating deliberate
illegality to overcome the application of disciplinary correction. I say
"almost" because I am not yet sure he did advocate such an approach. In an
interview in Power/Knowledge, he mentions the Gulag question in terms of
intolerability. Is this an inchoate tool for resistance? This is the sort
of thing I am trying to work out. Has anyone seen any work on these areas?
Can you point me to other mentions of them in Foucault?
Thanks
Eric
Foucault is often accused of critiquing power and institutions, but of never
providing a constructive alternative. In Discipline and Punish, Foucault
very briefly discusses illegality, almost in a tone of advocating deliberate
illegality to overcome the application of disciplinary correction. I say
"almost" because I am not yet sure he did advocate such an approach. In an
interview in Power/Knowledge, he mentions the Gulag question in terms of
intolerability. Is this an inchoate tool for resistance? This is the sort
of thing I am trying to work out. Has anyone seen any work on these areas?
Can you point me to other mentions of them in Foucault?
Thanks
Eric