In response to:
>From: Bryan C <kirk728@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Bio-Power and Ethics
>Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 01:40:39 -0700
First off, I am as uncertain as many others regarding Foucault, but here are
my ideas. If anyone can confirm or correct me please do.
Generally, you can find plenty of Foucault links at my web site:
http://www.geocities.com/lionelboxer/phd
I get the impression that Bio-power is the power that people confer onto
doctors such that what they say is perceived to be truth. That truth can
lead to the legitimate creation of addicts of various drugs and processes to
resolve problems that might be symptoms of things other than doctors
diagnosis.
My impression of Bernauer's comment about how Bio-Power creates the
possibility for the annihilation of the human race is that he considers that
people will try to make themselves well by believing doctors' 'truths'.
Reliance on that sort of assurance could result in people becoming reliant
on drugs and unable to create natural defences to ever mutating virises and
bacteria.
As Bryan says ...
>Anyone who answers this message is my personal savior. We have a
>tournament coming up in two weeks and if we don't know what we are
>talking about we will be in trouble.
Please let me know if I am on the right track!
Lionel Boxer
PhD Canadidate
RMIT
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
http://www.geocities.com/lionelboxer/phd
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>From: Bryan C <kirk728@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Bio-Power and Ethics
>Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 01:40:39 -0700
First off, I am as uncertain as many others regarding Foucault, but here are
my ideas. If anyone can confirm or correct me please do.
Generally, you can find plenty of Foucault links at my web site:
http://www.geocities.com/lionelboxer/phd
I get the impression that Bio-power is the power that people confer onto
doctors such that what they say is perceived to be truth. That truth can
lead to the legitimate creation of addicts of various drugs and processes to
resolve problems that might be symptoms of things other than doctors
diagnosis.
My impression of Bernauer's comment about how Bio-Power creates the
possibility for the annihilation of the human race is that he considers that
people will try to make themselves well by believing doctors' 'truths'.
Reliance on that sort of assurance could result in people becoming reliant
on drugs and unable to create natural defences to ever mutating virises and
bacteria.
As Bryan says ...
>Anyone who answers this message is my personal savior. We have a
>tournament coming up in two weeks and if we don't know what we are
>talking about we will be in trouble.
Please let me know if I am on the right track!
Lionel Boxer
PhD Canadidate
RMIT
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
http://www.geocities.com/lionelboxer/phd
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