Re: Adorno's influence in Foucault

Ana,

Interesting, but I wonder if it is due to the shared interest in Marx,
Heidegger and Nietzsche, along with them all having read Rusche and
Kirchheimer on punishment, rather than any direct influence.

Stuart

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From: Anaspinoza <anaspinoza@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Friday, January 15, 1999 17:38
Subject: Adorno's influence in Foucault


>Dear Stuart::
> One of the last chapters of Dialectic of Enlightment,
>of Adorno and Horkheimer, has a lot to do with the analysis of prisons that
>Foucault makes in Surveiller et Punir. I think that, besides the more
>evident critic of Adorno and Foucault to progres, that chapter is very
>important to understand how, directly or indirectly, Adorno influenced
>Foucault. Besides, both critizised revolution, although Adorno agreed with
>the idea of totality and Foucault did't.
>
>Bye
>
>Ana
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