Dan,
I think you're right in thinking Foucault said something like that.
However, he didn't mean it in the sense of any sort of 'collective
unconscious' but rather as the 'outside', as that which is unsaid or
unsayable, within a given socio-cultural formation. Unfortunately, I
cannot tell you where he said it except that I think it was about the time
of Power/Knowledge. Perhaps in an interview either published in this
collection or around that time anyway. I think the comment is particularly
in relation to Madness and Civilisation, but can't be any more clear I'm
afraid.
Catherine.
At 04:07 PM 20-07-00 -0400, you wrote:
>although it doesn't quite seem like something he would say, is
>my recollection correct that foucault once referred (in an
>interview?) to his work as examining the social or cultural
>unconscious? and if so, does anybdy know where he said that?
>
>thanx,
>dan
>
>
>
>
I think you're right in thinking Foucault said something like that.
However, he didn't mean it in the sense of any sort of 'collective
unconscious' but rather as the 'outside', as that which is unsaid or
unsayable, within a given socio-cultural formation. Unfortunately, I
cannot tell you where he said it except that I think it was about the time
of Power/Knowledge. Perhaps in an interview either published in this
collection or around that time anyway. I think the comment is particularly
in relation to Madness and Civilisation, but can't be any more clear I'm
afraid.
Catherine.
At 04:07 PM 20-07-00 -0400, you wrote:
>although it doesn't quite seem like something he would say, is
>my recollection correct that foucault once referred (in an
>interview?) to his work as examining the social or cultural
>unconscious? and if so, does anybdy know where he said that?
>
>thanx,
>dan
>
>
>
>