Ian,
Its late, and so perhaps I am just missing something here, but what is your
point -- i.e., what is it that's debatable about Pinochet or Spain's attemp
to bring him to legal justice?
Best,
Dan
At 10:42 PM 11/11/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Does anyone have any thoughts on Pinochet? There is an interesting
>response from Foucault in _Remarks on Marx_ where he states, "It seems to
>me that the idea of justice in itself is an idea which in effect has been
>invented and put to work in different types of societies as an instrument
>of a certain political and economic power or as a weapon against that power
>.. One can't .. put these notions forward to justify a fight which should
>.. overthrow the very fundaments of our society."
> I'm quoting out of context, of course, but I wonder what Foucault might
>have said about Pinochet. Or better still--for we shouldn't feel any need
>to parrot-fashion attempt to use the words he might use--I wonder what
>people who, like myself, have been deeply influenced by his force of
>thinking and intervention think about this immediate issue.
>
>best wishes/sincerely,
>
>____________________________________________
>Ian Robert Douglas,
>Watson Institute of International Studies,
>Brown University, Box 1831,
>130 Hope Street,
>Providence, RI 02912
>
>tel: 401 863-2420
>fax: 401 863-2192
>
>"Above all, we must keep firmly in mind what
> it means to be a human being." - Kierkegaard
>
>
>
Daniel Vukovich
English; The Unit for Criticism
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Its late, and so perhaps I am just missing something here, but what is your
point -- i.e., what is it that's debatable about Pinochet or Spain's attemp
to bring him to legal justice?
Best,
Dan
At 10:42 PM 11/11/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Does anyone have any thoughts on Pinochet? There is an interesting
>response from Foucault in _Remarks on Marx_ where he states, "It seems to
>me that the idea of justice in itself is an idea which in effect has been
>invented and put to work in different types of societies as an instrument
>of a certain political and economic power or as a weapon against that power
>.. One can't .. put these notions forward to justify a fight which should
>.. overthrow the very fundaments of our society."
> I'm quoting out of context, of course, but I wonder what Foucault might
>have said about Pinochet. Or better still--for we shouldn't feel any need
>to parrot-fashion attempt to use the words he might use--I wonder what
>people who, like myself, have been deeply influenced by his force of
>thinking and intervention think about this immediate issue.
>
>best wishes/sincerely,
>
>____________________________________________
>Ian Robert Douglas,
>Watson Institute of International Studies,
>Brown University, Box 1831,
>130 Hope Street,
>Providence, RI 02912
>
>tel: 401 863-2420
>fax: 401 863-2192
>
>"Above all, we must keep firmly in mind what
> it means to be a human being." - Kierkegaard
>
>
>
Daniel Vukovich
English; The Unit for Criticism
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign