Mark,
sorry, rethinking your comment. If resistance is to be understood as that which
emerges along with the formation (by power mechanisms) of a subjectivity,
couldn't resistance then be also considered an 'effect' of power (along with
the emergence of the subject?). I beleive that something like this is conveyed
by Butler (reconstructing Foucault) but I am not sure that Foucault himself
would have express it like this.
just reworking some unclear ideas to me yet, so I appreciate your insights.
thanks
irene
Quoting Mark Kelly <mgekelly@xxxxxxxxx>:
> in a nutshell, irene, Butler makes resistance subordinate to power and
> then explores this apparent contradiction that our resistance is
> always already determined with power. in fact, for Foucault,
> resistance is precisely what is not determined by power, the excess.
>
>
> On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:44:15 +0000, I.rafanell <Irene.Rafanell@xxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > 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
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sorry, rethinking your comment. If resistance is to be understood as that which
emerges along with the formation (by power mechanisms) of a subjectivity,
couldn't resistance then be also considered an 'effect' of power (along with
the emergence of the subject?). I beleive that something like this is conveyed
by Butler (reconstructing Foucault) but I am not sure that Foucault himself
would have express it like this.
just reworking some unclear ideas to me yet, so I appreciate your insights.
thanks
irene
Quoting Mark Kelly <mgekelly@xxxxxxxxx>:
> in a nutshell, irene, Butler makes resistance subordinate to power and
> then explores this apparent contradiction that our resistance is
> always already determined with power. in fact, for Foucault,
> resistance is precisely what is not determined by power, the excess.
>
>
> On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:44:15 +0000, I.rafanell <Irene.Rafanell@xxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > 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
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