Thank You Andrew!
'enonciative modalities' hm.....
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--- Andrew Brokos <AndrooBrokos@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jivko made reference to this book, but having just
> finished reading it I figured I could clarify his
> comments a bit. The book, by Michael Clifford, isn't
> a collection of Foucault's work, it's an application
> of it to political science. Following Foucault's
> readings of ancient texts as manuals for living in
> 'The History of Sexuality Vo. II and III', he reads
> Mills' 'On Liberty' as a text which suggest an
> ethical manner of conducting oneself. His thesis, in
> a nutshell, is that modern political identity,
> especially in America, is animated by the icon of
> the autonomous rights-bearing individual (or Savage
> Noble, to reverse Rousseau's famous character- he
> supports this analogy with early American accounts
> of Old World nobility who joined Native American
> tribes or otherwise immersed themselves in the
> 'wild') and that the contractual theory of power
> which holds this individual as its nucleus conceals
> the workings of disciplinary mechanisms. The work is
> very informative for those with an interest in
> political theory, but there is very little new
> insight on the nature of Foucault's work, with the
> exception of some original consideration of
> 'enunciative modalities'.
>
> --
>
>
>
>
>
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'enonciative modalities' hm.....
Marry Christmass and Happy New Year!
--- Andrew Brokos <AndrooBrokos@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jivko made reference to this book, but having just
> finished reading it I figured I could clarify his
> comments a bit. The book, by Michael Clifford, isn't
> a collection of Foucault's work, it's an application
> of it to political science. Following Foucault's
> readings of ancient texts as manuals for living in
> 'The History of Sexuality Vo. II and III', he reads
> Mills' 'On Liberty' as a text which suggest an
> ethical manner of conducting oneself. His thesis, in
> a nutshell, is that modern political identity,
> especially in America, is animated by the icon of
> the autonomous rights-bearing individual (or Savage
> Noble, to reverse Rousseau's famous character- he
> supports this analogy with early American accounts
> of Old World nobility who joined Native American
> tribes or otherwise immersed themselves in the
> 'wild') and that the contractual theory of power
> which holds this individual as its nucleus conceals
> the workings of disciplinary mechanisms. The work is
> very informative for those with an interest in
> political theory, but there is very little new
> insight on the nature of Foucault's work, with the
> exception of some original consideration of
> 'enunciative modalities'.
>
> --
>
>
>
>
>
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> great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of
> buying online with Shop@Netscape!
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