Re: [Foucault-L] Introduction

["I.rafanell" <Irene.Rafanell@xxxxxxxx>]

Dear Mark,

thanks very much for you clarification,  you say:

> "An interesting (but I think ultimately incorrect) account of the
> relation between (Foucauldian) power and resistance is occassionally
articulated by Judith Butler, notably in The Psychic Life of Power."

would you mind to expad a bit on which way you 
think that Butler misrepresents Foucault's e 
relation between power and resistance?

with thanks

irene




> Richard,
> I find Jochen's response to be a bit baffling: Foucault maifestly did
> believe in resistance to power. What I would say to clarify is that
> Foucault does not believe in resistance to power per se, since power
> is necessary to human social existence, but rather that there are
> always resistances to any given particular instance of power.
> I am in the terminal stages of writing a PhD thesis on this very
> topic, hence could expand on this for 30,000+ words.
> An interesting (but I think ultimately incorrect) account of the
> relation between (Foucauldian) power and resistance is occassionally
> articulated by Judith Butler, notably in The Psychic Life of Power.
> Mark
>
>
> On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:44:55 +0100, Jochen Hirschle
> <hirschle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >  Hi Richard,
> >  as Foucault did not think of the individual as an active, autonomous, and
> >  self-governed (in the sense of independent from power-structures) subject, I
> >  think one could say that there can not be a resistance to power on this
> >  level at all.
> >
> >  Regards,
> >  Jochen
> >
> >  Jochen Hirschle // Universität zu Köln
> >  Lehrstuhl für Empirische Sozial- und Wirtschaftsforschung
> >  Herbert-Lewin-Str. 2 // 50931 Köln
> >  tel  0221.4702075
> >
> >  -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> >  Von: foucault-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >  [mailto:foucault-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von Richard Turner
> >  Gesendet: Dienstag, 22. März 2005 11:45
> >  An: foucault-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >  Betreff: [Foucault-L] Introduction
> >
> >  Hi there my name is Richard Turner and I am an undergraduate student at the
> >  Univeristy of Edinburgh.
> >
> >  The real reason I have joined this list is to try and tap you all for your
> >  knowledge!! I am struggling a bit with my reading of Foucault and I want to
> >  know what Foucault would say about what it meant to resist power.
> >
> >  Can anyone help?
> >
> >  Richard
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