Re: Victorian Sexual norms and Foucault

on 1/31/01 8:59 PM, Bryan C at kirk728@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> As for the evil argument, there is a way to use F's arguments to show
> certain practices to be, in a sense, evil. Within children's current
> mindsets, to have a relationship with them would be dominating.

Domination is not evil until you apply normative standards - something
external to Foucault's work. This is the popular misreading that allows
Habermas/Fraser/et all to accuse Foucault of cryptonormativity.

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Asher Haig ahaig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dartmouth 2004



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