In Jon Simons, 'Foucault and the Political', p. 85 -- in the context of his
misguided criticism of Foucault's critical ethos -- Simons speaks of
Foucault preferring the lightning flash of absolute transgression to the
less dramatic 'daylight' of continuous acts of resistance. I don't have that
book with me (just my notes) but you might look there for a reference.
Similarly, in Manfred Frank's 'What is neostructuralism?', p. 144, Frank
criticizes a passage that appears to come from 'Order of things' or possibly
'Archaeology' or 'Discourse on Language,' and quotes Foucault saying
something about "the approaching birth of a thought that has been speaking
for thousands of years without knowing what speaking is or even that it is
speaking--which is about to reapprehend itself in its entirety and to
illumine itself once more in the lightning flash of being." That really does
sound like 'OT', but I don't have my books with me so I can't track it down.
-- John
----- Original Message -----
From: Matthew King <making@xxxxxxxx>
To: <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 1999 10:02 AM
Subject: "Lightning of possible storms"
> Greetings: I have this vague feeling, which is driving me crazy, that
> somewhere in one of Foucault's texts (interviews?) there is a line that
> goes something like "I dream of the lightning of possible storms." Does
> anyone know if this is, in fact, Foucault, or if not, who it is, and in
> either case, where it's from?
>
> Thanks muchly,
> Matthew
>
> ---Matthew A. King---Department of Philosophy---York University,
Toronto---
> dear readers, my apologies.
> I'm drifting in and out of sleep.
> ---------------------------------(R.E.M.)--------------------------------
--
>
misguided criticism of Foucault's critical ethos -- Simons speaks of
Foucault preferring the lightning flash of absolute transgression to the
less dramatic 'daylight' of continuous acts of resistance. I don't have that
book with me (just my notes) but you might look there for a reference.
Similarly, in Manfred Frank's 'What is neostructuralism?', p. 144, Frank
criticizes a passage that appears to come from 'Order of things' or possibly
'Archaeology' or 'Discourse on Language,' and quotes Foucault saying
something about "the approaching birth of a thought that has been speaking
for thousands of years without knowing what speaking is or even that it is
speaking--which is about to reapprehend itself in its entirety and to
illumine itself once more in the lightning flash of being." That really does
sound like 'OT', but I don't have my books with me so I can't track it down.
-- John
----- Original Message -----
From: Matthew King <making@xxxxxxxx>
To: <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 1999 10:02 AM
Subject: "Lightning of possible storms"
> Greetings: I have this vague feeling, which is driving me crazy, that
> somewhere in one of Foucault's texts (interviews?) there is a line that
> goes something like "I dream of the lightning of possible storms." Does
> anyone know if this is, in fact, Foucault, or if not, who it is, and in
> either case, where it's from?
>
> Thanks muchly,
> Matthew
>
> ---Matthew A. King---Department of Philosophy---York University,
Toronto---
> dear readers, my apologies.
> I'm drifting in and out of sleep.
> ---------------------------------(R.E.M.)--------------------------------
--
>