> Anonymous wrote:
>
> I have no response to the Elephant poem other than that I intend on
> reading it thoroughly a few times more so that I can absorb all of
> it. I personally think it's wonderful--the metaphors seem almost
> inexhaustible--an excellent topic of discussion indeed. Thanks for the
> great post :)
>
> Also--somebody post some cites! See below:
>
> >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?
>
> I especially like the 1968 and ethnography ideas. I think everyone
> would be really grateful if someone could post some 5/68 cites!
>
> > Then the discussion group could investigate new ways of reading
> >those texts.
>
> An excellent idea as well :) I don't know that the members of the
> group would be particularly interested, but I know I would.
>
> > 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. :)
>
> I think Foucault is being canonized. People like Taylor are trying to
> distill his philosophy down to a set of concepts and sort of inscribe
> him in the discipline (and also criticize him). I (while I am
> embarassed to say this) find obscure meditations on consciousness
> often more interesting than "post-structuralism's seminal work."
>
> Thanks for a WONDERFUL post!
Mr. Anonymous I am still trying to figure out if you are talking about a
real group or a fictional one. And if so where is it located.
about what happened to the one guy? you mentioned something about this
one guy who was in the group. .
jeremiah
>
> I have no response to the Elephant poem other than that I intend on
> reading it thoroughly a few times more so that I can absorb all of
> it. I personally think it's wonderful--the metaphors seem almost
> inexhaustible--an excellent topic of discussion indeed. Thanks for the
> great post :)
>
> Also--somebody post some cites! See below:
>
> >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?
>
> I especially like the 1968 and ethnography ideas. I think everyone
> would be really grateful if someone could post some 5/68 cites!
>
> > Then the discussion group could investigate new ways of reading
> >those texts.
>
> An excellent idea as well :) I don't know that the members of the
> group would be particularly interested, but I know I would.
>
> > 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. :)
>
> I think Foucault is being canonized. People like Taylor are trying to
> distill his philosophy down to a set of concepts and sort of inscribe
> him in the discipline (and also criticize him). I (while I am
> embarassed to say this) find obscure meditations on consciousness
> often more interesting than "post-structuralism's seminal work."
>
> Thanks for a WONDERFUL post!
Mr. Anonymous I am still trying to figure out if you are talking about a
real group or a fictional one. And if so where is it located.
about what happened to the one guy? you mentioned something about this
one guy who was in the group. .
jeremiah