I am glad you pointed towards the aesthetic with respect to John Ransom's
paper. This was the 'knot' that made his presentation gape with
incompleteness. What about Foucault's conception of the 'aesthetic life'?
The Greek technology for production of the self that seems to be the
alternative--the 'non-fascist' life-style?
Vitalism as presented by the straw-person erected in the article has NO
place in F. but I do not see how the socio-historical contruction of the
individual excludes individuation. There seems to be a place within the
construct for production and, at the least, for a gaze-over the production.
I had trouble following Deleuze's arguments in 'Foucault'--the 'fold' is
still shrouded in a haze for me--but I cannot see his commentary referring
to anything particularly 'vitalist' about F. His phenomenological remarks
seemed to have more relevance to his own philosophy than to F.'s. Could
someone help me see? Why is Ransom's paper on target with respect to
Deleuze?
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paper. This was the 'knot' that made his presentation gape with
incompleteness. What about Foucault's conception of the 'aesthetic life'?
The Greek technology for production of the self that seems to be the
alternative--the 'non-fascist' life-style?
Vitalism as presented by the straw-person erected in the article has NO
place in F. but I do not see how the socio-historical contruction of the
individual excludes individuation. There seems to be a place within the
construct for production and, at the least, for a gaze-over the production.
I had trouble following Deleuze's arguments in 'Foucault'--the 'fold' is
still shrouded in a haze for me--but I cannot see his commentary referring
to anything particularly 'vitalist' about F. His phenomenological remarks
seemed to have more relevance to his own philosophy than to F.'s. Could
someone help me see? Why is Ransom's paper on target with respect to
Deleuze?
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