On Fri, 17 Jul 1998, Mitch Wilson wrote:
> Don't worry, I won't ask again. Well, here goes:
>
> If anyone wants to help me out, has any scholar done any type of
> Foucauldian analysis on Power via language-use in chat room sociality? Or,
> which Foucault readings could I apply to an analysis of Power via
> language-use?
Although it predates Foucault's stuff on power that began with Discipline
and Punish, I think "The Discourse on Language" (which you can find as an
appendix to English editions of _The Archaeology of Knowledge_) might be
the best text to start with: there Foucault enumerates the different ways
in which language-use is made authoritative, and, conversely, the ways in
which uses of language are disqualified--which seems appropriate to your
topic.
Matthew
----Matthew A. King------Department of Philosophy------McMaster University----
"The border is often narrow between a permanent temptation to commit
suicide and the birth of a certain form of political consciousness."
-----------------------------(Michel Foucault)--------------------------------