Hi
I must admit I skipped a few parts of The History of Sexuality v1, including
the part on infantile masturbation.
I understand that Foucault is (among other things) criticizing the
repressive hypothesis here...in that section (or elsewhere) does Foucault
claim that discourses on infantile sexuality actually had a tangible effect
on infantile sexual activity?
Speaking of infantile sexuality, watch Disney's "Bambi" with sex on your
mind sometime. If you've read any Paglia, think about the kouros and erotic
hierarchy, etc etc bla bla. If you haven't read any Paglia, you're missing
out :)
~Nate
--
"Thought is no longer theoretical. As soon as it functions it
offends or reconciles, attracts or repels, breaks, dissociates,
unites, or re-unites; it cannot help but liberate and enslave.
Even before prescribing, suggesting a future, saying what must
be done, even before exhorting or merely sounding an alarm,
thought, at the level of its existence, in its very dawning, is
in itself an action--a perilous act."
-Michel Foucault
I must admit I skipped a few parts of The History of Sexuality v1, including
the part on infantile masturbation.
I understand that Foucault is (among other things) criticizing the
repressive hypothesis here...in that section (or elsewhere) does Foucault
claim that discourses on infantile sexuality actually had a tangible effect
on infantile sexual activity?
Speaking of infantile sexuality, watch Disney's "Bambi" with sex on your
mind sometime. If you've read any Paglia, think about the kouros and erotic
hierarchy, etc etc bla bla. If you haven't read any Paglia, you're missing
out :)
~Nate
--
"Thought is no longer theoretical. As soon as it functions it
offends or reconciles, attracts or repels, breaks, dissociates,
unites, or re-unites; it cannot help but liberate and enslave.
Even before prescribing, suggesting a future, saying what must
be done, even before exhorting or merely sounding an alarm,
thought, at the level of its existence, in its very dawning, is
in itself an action--a perilous act."
-Michel Foucault