Hi, I am writing a paper on sexuality as an esthetics of life today. I am sure
Foucault made some nice references to the fact that the Victorian era has come
to an end, but I cannot seem to find them (as usual). Was it in HoS part 2 or
was it in some interview?
Off list responses are more than welcome.
best,
Rick
Nathaniel Roberts wrote:
> There's also a book by Roy Boyne which is almost on your very topic
> (Foucault and Derrida's debate over Madness and Civilization). I think
> it's simply called "Foucault and Derrida" or maybe "Derrida and Foucault"
>
> At 08:25 AM 10/19/2003 +1000, you wrote:
> >Have you seen:
> >
> >Fleman, Shoshana, 1985, Writing and Madness, Cornell Press (Translated
> >from French)
> >
> >"The belief in truth is precisely madness" Nietzsche
> >
> >Lionel Boxer CD PhD MBA - 0411267256 - lboxer@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >Attend MAAOE 03 --- Melbourne --- 20-22 Oct 03
> >http://www.intergon.net/maaoe -- http://intergon.net/card
> >----------------------------------------------
> >In 1976 Michale Foucualt said: ... terrorism ... has a totally opposite
> >effect which is to make the bourgeois class even more closely attached to
> >its ideology ... (original in French) 'Le Savoir Comme Crime'
> >----------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>From: Natalya Stepanova <nstepanova@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>Reply-To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>Subject: Help with a paper
> >>Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 18:11:36 -0700 (PDT)
> >>
> >>Hi, everyone,
> >>I happened upon your discussion of Derrida and
> >>Foucault's debate over Descartes' passage on madness.
> >>I'm currently taking a class on French moral
> >>philosophy, where we're reading, among others, these 3
> >>writers, and I was just thinking about working on that
> >>issue.
> >>Since I haven't had a whole lot of exposure to
> >>philosophy until recently, I always struggle for a
> >>possible subject for my final papers - it seems to me
> >>that nearly everything has been written and by much
> >>better minds...
> >>So, it was easy to say that I was going to work on
> >>madness in those 3 writers, but what exactly am I
> >>going to try to prove?
> >>I'd appreciate any ideas as for what might be worth
> >>exploring or any other possible help as for what
> >>should the goal of a paper in a philosophy class be.
> >>I do not necessarily have to work on madness at all,
> >>so if you have other interesting ideas that have
> >>nothing to do with it, they'd be greatly appreciated
> >>as well - the readings we're doing include Seneque,
> >>Montaigne, Bossuet, Turgot, Comte, Fourier, Satrtre,
> >>Camus, and many others.
> >>Thanks.
> >>
> >>
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Foucault made some nice references to the fact that the Victorian era has come
to an end, but I cannot seem to find them (as usual). Was it in HoS part 2 or
was it in some interview?
Off list responses are more than welcome.
best,
Rick
Nathaniel Roberts wrote:
> There's also a book by Roy Boyne which is almost on your very topic
> (Foucault and Derrida's debate over Madness and Civilization). I think
> it's simply called "Foucault and Derrida" or maybe "Derrida and Foucault"
>
> At 08:25 AM 10/19/2003 +1000, you wrote:
> >Have you seen:
> >
> >Fleman, Shoshana, 1985, Writing and Madness, Cornell Press (Translated
> >from French)
> >
> >"The belief in truth is precisely madness" Nietzsche
> >
> >Lionel Boxer CD PhD MBA - 0411267256 - lboxer@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >Attend MAAOE 03 --- Melbourne --- 20-22 Oct 03
> >http://www.intergon.net/maaoe -- http://intergon.net/card
> >----------------------------------------------
> >In 1976 Michale Foucualt said: ... terrorism ... has a totally opposite
> >effect which is to make the bourgeois class even more closely attached to
> >its ideology ... (original in French) 'Le Savoir Comme Crime'
> >----------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>From: Natalya Stepanova <nstepanova@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>Reply-To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>Subject: Help with a paper
> >>Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 18:11:36 -0700 (PDT)
> >>
> >>Hi, everyone,
> >>I happened upon your discussion of Derrida and
> >>Foucault's debate over Descartes' passage on madness.
> >>I'm currently taking a class on French moral
> >>philosophy, where we're reading, among others, these 3
> >>writers, and I was just thinking about working on that
> >>issue.
> >>Since I haven't had a whole lot of exposure to
> >>philosophy until recently, I always struggle for a
> >>possible subject for my final papers - it seems to me
> >>that nearly everything has been written and by much
> >>better minds...
> >>So, it was easy to say that I was going to work on
> >>madness in those 3 writers, but what exactly am I
> >>going to try to prove?
> >>I'd appreciate any ideas as for what might be worth
> >>exploring or any other possible help as for what
> >>should the goal of a paper in a philosophy class be.
> >>I do not necessarily have to work on madness at all,
> >>so if you have other interesting ideas that have
> >>nothing to do with it, they'd be greatly appreciated
> >>as well - the readings we're doing include Seneque,
> >>Montaigne, Bossuet, Turgot, Comte, Fourier, Satrtre,
> >>Camus, and many others.
> >>Thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >>__________________________________
> >>Do you Yahoo!?
> >>The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search
> >>http://shopping.yahoo.com
> >
> >_________________________________________________________________
> >Chat via SMS. Simply send 'CHAT' to 1889918. More info at
> >http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilemania/MoChat.asp?blipid=6800