Re: [foucault] a question

On Thu, 24 Aug 2000 Celestri97@xxxxxxx wrote:

> You sound like a policy debater.

Seems like there's quite a few debaters on this list. What's up with that?

> Foucault was extraordinarily active in policymaking

How so?

> and he found criticisms of neoliberalism rather unconvincing.

You are misusing the term "neoliberalism".

> For example, he was a proponent of healthcare and what not despite his
> own theories of bio-power.

What are your sources on this?

A word of caution: be careful what political positions you attribute to
Foucault. He tended to be a political chameleon.

Matthew

---Matthew A. King---Department of Philosophy---York University, Toronto---
"It was in the barbarous, gothic times when words had a meaning;
in those days, writers expressed thoughts."
----------------------------(Anatole France)-------------------------------


Partial thread listing: