R: R: Subjectivity and Critique

Reg,

The original citation is:

"Qu'est-ce que la critique?" *Bulletin de la Societe francaise de
Philosophie* 84 (1990). Trans. Kevin Paul Geiman under the title "What is
critique?" in *What is Enlightenment? Eighteenth-Century Answers and
Twentieth-Century Questions,* ed. James Schmidt (Berkeley: University of
California Press, 1996).

--John
-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Reg Lilly <rlilly@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
A: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Data: Friday, January 08, 1999 11:04 PM
Oggetto: Re: R: Subjectivity and Critique


>I don't find anything in D&E that would be translated as "What is
critique?" Do you have an citation to the original?
>
>Thanks,
>Reg Lilly
>
>"John S. Ransom" wrote:
>>
>> 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
>> -----Messaggio originale-----
>> 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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