jeremiah
i would suggest delving into ethnographic literature. You find the themes
of those such as Foucault, Deleuze, etc but in a very applied method. Also,
why not read things that were not necessary intended to locate themselves
anywhere, such as medical records or police documentation or some more
obscure political philosophy or even student/worker writings from the May
'68 event? Then the discussion group could investigate new ways of reading
those texts. Remember: Foucault never intended on being canonicized (word?)
necessarily. His research was very specific and directed. Leave the
comfort of the canon to Derrida, who finds genealogy not in specific
research like foucault, but in Aristotle, Nietzsche and Plato. :)
LD
UTexas
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeremiah Luna <jeremiah.luna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Foucault <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: Canon
> What is this for a club? I mean where is the geographical location, like
> what state of the united states is it in, or is the club in europe?
>
> jeremiah
>
> On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Anonymous wrote:
>
> > Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 17:28:46 -0700
> > From: Anonymous <rhizome85@xxxxxxxx>
> > Reply-To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: Foucault <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Canon
> >
> > Quick thought.
> >
> > We know that Foucault was suspicious of both the idea of a State and of
an Opposition. A few friends of mine and I have applied Foucault's reading
to philosophical thought. We've started an informal philosophy discussion
group that, rather than discussing readings from the canon (or even the
anti-canon, like Foucault, Deleuze, Lyotard, etc.) we're going to be
discussing ideas from outside the system of anti-canon and canon, such as
Tibetan philosophy, etc. We hope it will allow us to develop a more profound
philosophical autonomy from the whole canonical system (as in the
canon-anti-canon binary).
> >
> > On a separate note, the object of the club is for us to all get
postmodern vertigo. The faculty member sponsoring the club once engaged in
nearly a week of discussion of the idea of time with a friend. He was rather
disoriented for two weeks afterward.
> >
> > Sadly, the club is, at this point, entirely composed of men. Can anyone
think of a few (preferably very short) texts or excerpts from texts that
might make for some interesting reading? It doesn't necessarily have to be
non-Western philosophy (or even necessarily non-canon-or-anti-canon)--at
this point we're all brainstorming.
> >
> > Thanks :)
> >
>
i would suggest delving into ethnographic literature. You find the themes
of those such as Foucault, Deleuze, etc but in a very applied method. Also,
why not read things that were not necessary intended to locate themselves
anywhere, such as medical records or police documentation or some more
obscure political philosophy or even student/worker writings from the May
'68 event? Then the discussion group could investigate new ways of reading
those texts. Remember: Foucault never intended on being canonicized (word?)
necessarily. His research was very specific and directed. Leave the
comfort of the canon to Derrida, who finds genealogy not in specific
research like foucault, but in Aristotle, Nietzsche and Plato. :)
LD
UTexas
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeremiah Luna <jeremiah.luna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Foucault <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: Canon
> What is this for a club? I mean where is the geographical location, like
> what state of the united states is it in, or is the club in europe?
>
> jeremiah
>
> On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Anonymous wrote:
>
> > Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 17:28:46 -0700
> > From: Anonymous <rhizome85@xxxxxxxx>
> > Reply-To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: Foucault <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Canon
> >
> > Quick thought.
> >
> > We know that Foucault was suspicious of both the idea of a State and of
an Opposition. A few friends of mine and I have applied Foucault's reading
to philosophical thought. We've started an informal philosophy discussion
group that, rather than discussing readings from the canon (or even the
anti-canon, like Foucault, Deleuze, Lyotard, etc.) we're going to be
discussing ideas from outside the system of anti-canon and canon, such as
Tibetan philosophy, etc. We hope it will allow us to develop a more profound
philosophical autonomy from the whole canonical system (as in the
canon-anti-canon binary).
> >
> > On a separate note, the object of the club is for us to all get
postmodern vertigo. The faculty member sponsoring the club once engaged in
nearly a week of discussion of the idea of time with a friend. He was rather
disoriented for two weeks afterward.
> >
> > Sadly, the club is, at this point, entirely composed of men. Can anyone
think of a few (preferably very short) texts or excerpts from texts that
might make for some interesting reading? It doesn't necessarily have to be
non-Western philosophy (or even necessarily non-canon-or-anti-canon)--at
this point we're all brainstorming.
> >
> > Thanks :)
> >
>