R: Subjectivity and Critique

Daniel,

Have you read "What is critique?", contained in James Schmidt, editor, "What
is Enlightenment?" published by University of California Press? It's an
early piece by Foucault and very valuable, I think.

--John Ransom
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Da: Daniel Smith <dls216@xxxxxxx>
A: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Data: Friday, January 08, 1999 5:09 PM
Oggetto: Subjectivity and Critique


>Greetings all:
>
>I'm not quite sure how to frame this question/request, so please
>bear with me.
>
>I am looking for books and/or articles that examine/explore
>the implications of Foucauldian/poststructuralist conceptions
>of subjectivity and their relation to the practice of
>analysis and critique. Put another way, how does a critic/
>analyst who subscribes to a notion of subjectivity that
>problematizes/interrogates issues of agency, self-determination,
>knowledge and autonomy in relation to the subject situate/explain
>his or her practice of critique? Indeed, how do "pomo"
>conceptions of subjectivity problematize the idea and practice of critique?
>I am familiar with Foucault's formulation of the "specific intellectual"
but
>would be interested in examining texts that
>discuss these issues in more detail.
>
>If I can clarify any of the above, let me know.
>Thanks for your help.
>
>Cordially,
>
>Daniel Smith
>
>


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