Thank you John and Stuart for your quick and helpfu lreplies. I have read Kuhn's
book (but of course could do a much closer reading of it).
But to answer Stuart's question:
>This may be of help, or maybe not. Why are you reading it - a particular
>reason/assignment/etc. or more general interest?
I'm a PhD student in Russian history (though not directly related to Foucault but)
and Foucault has had a growing impact on the profession. I've read a couple of his
works (Discipline and Punish, History of Sexuality vol1 and several interviews from
Power and Knowledge) thought what he's argued is immensly facinating and wanted to
read more not only to help me in my own work, but out of interest. I started the
Order of Things for more insight into how Foucault sees the production of knowledge
or how it is produced specifically by western thought. But my main interest in
Foucault lies in the issue of subjectivity and how identity is produced by power
relationships and the relation between power/resistance/power. Of course this topic
is addressed more in his later works. I hope to spend much of the summer reading
him, so hopefully I won't get too discouraged. I just recently joined this list so
this might be a perfect place to give interpretations or ask questions.
Thanks again,
Sean
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