Below is a quote of the month from Clare O'Farrell's site - anyone fancy
interpreting it? Why does he reject ideology but nevertheless punctuates his
discourse with the term ideological/ideology?
Anthony
'This notion of the government of men by truth ... Elaborating this
notion means displacing things a little in relation to the now
overworn and tired theme of power-knowledge. For the history of
thought, my analysis was more or less organized, or revolved around,
the notion of dominant ideology. If you like, there are in general
two successive displacements: then, from the notion of dominant
ideology to that of power-knowledge and now, a second displacement
from the notion of knowledge-power to the notion of government by
the truth... Discarding the notion of knowledge-power the same way
as I discarded the notion of dominant ideology. Well, when I say
that, I am perfectly devastated (detruite) because it is obvious
that you don't discard something you thought yourself in the same
way as you discard what others have thought. As a consequence, I
will certainly be more indulgent with the notion of knowledge-power
than with that of dominant ideology, but it is up to you to
criticize me for that.'
interpreting it? Why does he reject ideology but nevertheless punctuates his
discourse with the term ideological/ideology?
Anthony
'This notion of the government of men by truth ... Elaborating this
notion means displacing things a little in relation to the now
overworn and tired theme of power-knowledge. For the history of
thought, my analysis was more or less organized, or revolved around,
the notion of dominant ideology. If you like, there are in general
two successive displacements: then, from the notion of dominant
ideology to that of power-knowledge and now, a second displacement
from the notion of knowledge-power to the notion of government by
the truth... Discarding the notion of knowledge-power the same way
as I discarded the notion of dominant ideology. Well, when I say
that, I am perfectly devastated (detruite) because it is obvious
that you don't discard something you thought yourself in the same
way as you discard what others have thought. As a consequence, I
will certainly be more indulgent with the notion of knowledge-power
than with that of dominant ideology, but it is up to you to
criticize me for that.'