Dear Stuart,
Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, the piece I am looking for is not in
the Power volume. I do have the French versions, but I need the original
English version to quote it in a piece I am writing. I am pretty sure that
the original is in English, because the version in Dits et ecrits is a
translation (by F. Durand-Bogaert). The part I am interested in and that I
want to quote is actually just a couple of sentences where Foucault talks
about the relationship between individuality, identity and subjectivity, and
gives a hint about what he understands by these terms. I guess I'll just
have to quote the French version. Thanks again.
Ferda
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Stuart Elden
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 3:02 PM
To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Reason and State Power
Dear Ferda
I don't have a copy of the Essential Works Power volume, so I can't say if
they're in there, but I'm pretty sure they're not elsewhere in Foucault's
work.
Do you need the English originals, or would the French do? (It wasn't
entirely clear from the mail if you had access to the French, or if did and
you still needed the English) The French versions are translations, and it
isn't clear if the interview was originally in English, or translated from
(a now missing) French version.
They are two short interviews, clearly based on one initial conversation,
but both contain material that the other does not. There are some
interesting issues raised, including Foucault's view of his own books, and a
good discussion of how his work relates to someone like Erving Goffman.
Foucault suggests Goffman is only interested in the Asylum or prison _as_ an
asylum or prison, whereas Foucault examines them in order to get at a deeper
problematic, such as rationalities of power.
Otherwise they seem fairly minor pieces.
Stuart
Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, the piece I am looking for is not in
the Power volume. I do have the French versions, but I need the original
English version to quote it in a piece I am writing. I am pretty sure that
the original is in English, because the version in Dits et ecrits is a
translation (by F. Durand-Bogaert). The part I am interested in and that I
want to quote is actually just a couple of sentences where Foucault talks
about the relationship between individuality, identity and subjectivity, and
gives a hint about what he understands by these terms. I guess I'll just
have to quote the French version. Thanks again.
Ferda
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Stuart Elden
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 3:02 PM
To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Reason and State Power
Dear Ferda
I don't have a copy of the Essential Works Power volume, so I can't say if
they're in there, but I'm pretty sure they're not elsewhere in Foucault's
work.
Do you need the English originals, or would the French do? (It wasn't
entirely clear from the mail if you had access to the French, or if did and
you still needed the English) The French versions are translations, and it
isn't clear if the interview was originally in English, or translated from
(a now missing) French version.
They are two short interviews, clearly based on one initial conversation,
but both contain material that the other does not. There are some
interesting issues raised, including Foucault's view of his own books, and a
good discussion of how his work relates to someone like Erving Goffman.
Foucault suggests Goffman is only interested in the Asylum or prison _as_ an
asylum or prison, whereas Foucault examines them in order to get at a deeper
problematic, such as rationalities of power.
Otherwise they seem fairly minor pieces.
Stuart