Travis:
The Order of Things is indeed a very difficult book. I picked it up and
put it down a several times before I was able, finally, to get all the way
through it. Some of the secondary texts that I found most helpful for
dealing with this period of Foucault's works include Michel Foucault:
Beyond Hermeneutics and Structuralism (this book is a really good starting
point for Foucault, in my opinion) and Gary Guttings' book on Foucault and
the sciences, the exact title escapes me right now - but it is something
like Michel Foucault's Archeology of the Sciences. These works should give
you a pretty good place to start.
Chris Blakley
> [Original Message]
> From: Travis Ennis <tlennis_iu@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 6/13/00 5:28:47 PM
> Subject: The Order of Things
>
> I am reading The Order of Things and finding it
> extremely difficult, at least much more difficult than
> Madness and Civilization and Birth of the Clinic. Can
> anyone give me some reading tips or secondary sources
> that would make it easier to understand, or at least
> get me on the right track. I have a feeling that one
> must be one the same theoretical level as Foucault in
> each of the book's chapters but knowing what level to
> be on has been quite difficult for me.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Travis Ennis
>
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The Order of Things is indeed a very difficult book. I picked it up and
put it down a several times before I was able, finally, to get all the way
through it. Some of the secondary texts that I found most helpful for
dealing with this period of Foucault's works include Michel Foucault:
Beyond Hermeneutics and Structuralism (this book is a really good starting
point for Foucault, in my opinion) and Gary Guttings' book on Foucault and
the sciences, the exact title escapes me right now - but it is something
like Michel Foucault's Archeology of the Sciences. These works should give
you a pretty good place to start.
Chris Blakley
> [Original Message]
> From: Travis Ennis <tlennis_iu@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 6/13/00 5:28:47 PM
> Subject: The Order of Things
>
> I am reading The Order of Things and finding it
> extremely difficult, at least much more difficult than
> Madness and Civilization and Birth of the Clinic. Can
> anyone give me some reading tips or secondary sources
> that would make it easier to understand, or at least
> get me on the right track. I have a feeling that one
> must be one the same theoretical level as Foucault in
> each of the book's chapters but knowing what level to
> be on has been quite difficult for me.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Travis Ennis
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints!
> http://photos.yahoo.com
--- Christopher Blakley
--- chrisblakley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
--- EarthLink: It's your Internet.