Hey Mark _ how are you doing, pal? Scottie Hamilton from the resistance conference in London last August.
--- On Sun 11/28, Mark Kelly < mgekelly@xxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:
From: Mark Kelly [mailto: mgekelly@xxxxxxxxxxx]
To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:51:42 +1100
Subject: RE: critique or criticism?
KT:<br><br>1) there is a distinction in French between criticisme and critique, but <br>criticisme has such a specific meaning, and in any case I don't think <br>Foucault talks about it. Critique is basically the French word for <br>criticism, full stop.<br><br>2)pouvire is not a word. You mean pouvoir. We already discussed this at <br>length Kevin, Google search! The question you ask is not really to the <br>point. Foucault hardly talks about power in these works, and where he does <br>he hasn't developed the conecpt of power (pouvoir) he does later, so it's <br>really irrelevant whether he says pouvoir or puissance (both being common <br>French nouns, he quite possibly uses both at various times).<br><br>Mark<br><br>>From: "Kevin Turner" <k_turner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx><br>>Reply-To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<br>>To: "Foucault List" <br><foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx><br>>Subject: critique or criticism?<br>>Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 15:29:21 -0000<br>><br>>Hi all,<br>><br>>I have two questions:<br>><br>>1) Does Foucault make a distinction between "critique" and <br>"criticism"?<br>>I know that the subtitle to 'Omnes et Singulatim' has been translated as<br>>both '...Critique of Political Reason,' and '...Criticism of Political<br>>Reason,' and I was wondering if there is, or should, be a difference. It <br>may<br>>be a moot point, but Mitchell Dean does make something of the <br>distinction<br>>between criticism and critique vis-a-vis Foucault in his Critical and<br>>Effective Histories.<br>><br>>2) Did Foucault always use the term "pouvire" for power - i.e. <br>did he use<br>>the term pouvoir in Folie et déraison (Madness and Civilization), The <br>Birth<br>>of the Clinic and The Order of Things, or did he use the word puissance <br>in<br>>these text?<br>><br>>Regards - Kevin<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>>--<br>><br>>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.<br>>Version
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