Hi Stuart,
Three questions:
1. Has the text from which you translated the passage been translated into
English (i.e. in any of the "Essential Works")?
2. What, if any, is the relationship between actualité and Dasein (i.e.
historical ontology)?
3. Am I right in thinking that they can both be comprehended as being the
"background" of existence?
Kevin
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Sent: 06 November 2004 15:12
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Subject: FW: actualité
It doesn't seem that the list can cope with accents
here is it again then...
This is my translation of a passage with this term in it
I consider myself as a journalist, insofar as what interests me is the
present [l'actualite]... Philosophy, until Nietzsche, had eternity for its
raison d'etre. The first philosopher-journalist was Nietzsche. He introduced
the today [l'aujourd'hui] into the field of philosophy. Before, the
philosopher knew time and eternity, but Nietzsche was obsessed by the
present [l'actualite]... If we want to be masters of our future we must pose
fundamentally the question of the today. That is why, for me, philosophy is
a type of radical journalism (Dits et ecrits, Four Volume edition, II, 434).
Stuart
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Sent: 06 November 2004 14:34
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Subject: RE: actualiti
So, it could mean something like "present reality" ?
K
I haven't listened to the lecture, but one alternate meaning of actualiti
which comes to mind is "news," or "current events." The Quebec newspaper
L'actualiti is an example.
Margaret Robinson
Toronto
http://www3.sympatico.ca/moogie.robinson/index.html
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Three questions:
1. Has the text from which you translated the passage been translated into
English (i.e. in any of the "Essential Works")?
2. What, if any, is the relationship between actualité and Dasein (i.e.
historical ontology)?
3. Am I right in thinking that they can both be comprehended as being the
"background" of existence?
Kevin
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stuart Elden
Sent: 06 November 2004 15:12
To: Foucault List
Subject: FW: actualité
It doesn't seem that the list can cope with accents
here is it again then...
This is my translation of a passage with this term in it
I consider myself as a journalist, insofar as what interests me is the
present [l'actualite]... Philosophy, until Nietzsche, had eternity for its
raison d'etre. The first philosopher-journalist was Nietzsche. He introduced
the today [l'aujourd'hui] into the field of philosophy. Before, the
philosopher knew time and eternity, but Nietzsche was obsessed by the
present [l'actualite]... If we want to be masters of our future we must pose
fundamentally the question of the today. That is why, for me, philosophy is
a type of radical journalism (Dits et ecrits, Four Volume edition, II, 434).
Stuart
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Kevin Turner
Sent: 06 November 2004 14:34
To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: actualiti
So, it could mean something like "present reality" ?
K
I haven't listened to the lecture, but one alternate meaning of actualiti
which comes to mind is "news," or "current events." The Quebec newspaper
L'actualiti is an example.
Margaret Robinson
Toronto
http://www3.sympatico.ca/moogie.robinson/index.html
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