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Hello Adam, your comments prompt two questions:
First, aren't all power relations asymmetrical (esp. within F.'s
'neo-Nietzschean' conception)? Second, why would asymmetrical
power relations preclude resistance?
Sorry if I've misunderstood your comments.
Cheers,
Dan
At 08:08 PM 12/22/00 +0000, you wrote:
>
> Productive (positive), it is something that is practised not possessed. It
> requires resistance or it isn't an exercise of power. I guess when there is
> no capacity for resistance then you have asymmetrical power relations, but
> this isn't really a power relation any more but one of domination. That's
why
> Foucault says power can never be merely repressive. Kendall and Wickham give
> a convincing outline in 'Using Foucault's Methods', but I find their
> conclusion that we mustn't oppose or support power silly. The Cambridge
> Companion, p. 105 - 107 is worth reading.
>
> Regards,
>
> Adam
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Hello Adam, your comments prompt two questions:<br>
<br>
First, aren't all power relations asymmetrical (esp. within F.'s <br>
'neo-Nietzschean' conception)? Second, why would asymmetrical <br>
power relations preclude resistance?<br>
<br>
Sorry if I've misunderstood your comments.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Dan<br>
<br>
At 08:08 PM 12/22/00 +0000, you wrote: <br>
<font face="arial" size=2><blockquote type=cite cite>Productive
(positive), it is something that is practised not possessed. It requires
resistance or it isn't an exercise of power. I guess when there is no
capacity for resistance then you have asymmetrical power relations, but
this isn't really a power relation any more but one of domination. That's
why Foucault says power can never be merely repressive. Kendall and
Wickham give a convincing outline in 'Using Foucault's Methods', but I
find their conclusion that we mustn't oppose or support power silly. The
Cambridge Companion, p. 105 - 107 is worth reading. <br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Adam</font></blockquote></html>
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Hello Adam, your comments prompt two questions:
First, aren't all power relations asymmetrical (esp. within F.'s
'neo-Nietzschean' conception)? Second, why would asymmetrical
power relations preclude resistance?
Sorry if I've misunderstood your comments.
Cheers,
Dan
At 08:08 PM 12/22/00 +0000, you wrote:
>
> Productive (positive), it is something that is practised not possessed. It
> requires resistance or it isn't an exercise of power. I guess when there is
> no capacity for resistance then you have asymmetrical power relations, but
> this isn't really a power relation any more but one of domination. That's
why
> Foucault says power can never be merely repressive. Kendall and Wickham give
> a convincing outline in 'Using Foucault's Methods', but I find their
> conclusion that we mustn't oppose or support power silly. The Cambridge
> Companion, p. 105 - 107 is worth reading.
>
> Regards,
>
> Adam
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Hello Adam, your comments prompt two questions:<br>
<br>
First, aren't all power relations asymmetrical (esp. within F.'s <br>
'neo-Nietzschean' conception)? Second, why would asymmetrical <br>
power relations preclude resistance?<br>
<br>
Sorry if I've misunderstood your comments.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Dan<br>
<br>
At 08:08 PM 12/22/00 +0000, you wrote: <br>
<font face="arial" size=2><blockquote type=cite cite>Productive
(positive), it is something that is practised not possessed. It requires
resistance or it isn't an exercise of power. I guess when there is no
capacity for resistance then you have asymmetrical power relations, but
this isn't really a power relation any more but one of domination. That's
why Foucault says power can never be merely repressive. Kendall and
Wickham give a convincing outline in 'Using Foucault's Methods', but I
find their conclusion that we mustn't oppose or support power silly. The
Cambridge Companion, p. 105 - 107 is worth reading. <br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Adam</font></blockquote></html>
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