I've been away for a couple of weeks, and I have only glanced through the
mails sent in that time. This one caught my eye:-
-----Original Message-----
From: Examhell@xxxxxxx <Examhell@xxxxxxx>
To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> In particular, I am not sure that there is a "the Body" in Foucault's
work
>especially from D&P through his later texts and essays. Here I think of
>Judith Butler's development of the concept of materialization of bodies
rather
>than of a body that matters. She gives I concise description in footnote 5
of
>the 1st chapter of BODIES THAT MATTER. This happens in the midst of her
>reading of the chora in the Timaeus. It is the empty, and feminized,
chora
>that allows the process of the materialization of bodies as a process to be
>crystallized into the matter/idea distinction that underpins the geometry
of
>Plato's cave-project.
How does Butler's reading relate to Heidegger's in An Introduction to
Metaphysics and Heraklit (GA55) and Derrida's in Khora (in On the Name)?
Perhaps this is my cue to start reading Butler!
Best wishes
Stuart
mails sent in that time. This one caught my eye:-
-----Original Message-----
From: Examhell@xxxxxxx <Examhell@xxxxxxx>
To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> In particular, I am not sure that there is a "the Body" in Foucault's
work
>especially from D&P through his later texts and essays. Here I think of
>Judith Butler's development of the concept of materialization of bodies
rather
>than of a body that matters. She gives I concise description in footnote 5
of
>the 1st chapter of BODIES THAT MATTER. This happens in the midst of her
>reading of the chora in the Timaeus. It is the empty, and feminized,
chora
>that allows the process of the materialization of bodies as a process to be
>crystallized into the matter/idea distinction that underpins the geometry
of
>Plato's cave-project.
How does Butler's reading relate to Heidegger's in An Introduction to
Metaphysics and Heraklit (GA55) and Derrida's in Khora (in On the Name)?
Perhaps this is my cue to start reading Butler!
Best wishes
Stuart