RE: Foucault's popularity

A France Ill n'est pas populaire, c'est vrais, et
cette est tres bizzare aussie. Mais au rest du monde
Ill est tres, tres populaire, cher CLair.

JIvko
--- Claire Parnet <claireparnet@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> mais foucault n'est pas populaire
>
>
> >From: "Hennon, Lisa" <hennon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: RE: Foucault's popularity
> >Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 08:40:22 -0500
> >
> >Lionel, you ask great questions. I enjoy how
> others have responded. Here
> >is what I think. Foucault's popularity and
> notoriety has much to do with
> >what his intellectual contribution enabled others
> to do. I first read
> >Foucault by stumbling across one of his books in
> the library. I had never
> >heard of him, nor did I know how to say his name;
> the title grabbed my
> >attention--The Order of Things. (At the time, I
> wanted somebody to please
> >tell me how things are ordered.)
> >
> >Fortunately (or not) for me, his work was beginning
> to be translated into
> >English, and one of my professors later explained
> that numerous European
> >authors were not made available to American readers
> until the 1960s-70s.
> >Foucault remains a "notorious" figure for many
> American university teachers
> >because their colleagues picked up his work as a
> way to change the debates
> >in higher education. The conversation has moved
> away from Foucault's
> >detractors, so they talk about the "loss" or
> "decline" or "grade inflation"
> >or whatever other term that suggests how dangerous
> it is to read Foucault
> >and the other "french guys".
> >
> >Lisa
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Lionel Boxer [mailto:lboxer@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> >Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 5:30 PM
> >To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: Foucault's popularity
> >
> >
> >Does anyone agree with this? Does anyone disagree?
> >
> >Not to diminish Foucault's intellectucal
> contribution.
> >
> >Perhaps his popularity could be explained by his
> proactive and high profile
> >social activism that contributed to his popularity.
> >
> >He provided theory and practice for resistance, but
> more important he led
> >by
> >
> >example. He was a total force in that regard;
> perhaps even a movement.
> >
>
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