Re: [Foucault-L] Introduction Richard Bailey

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Richard Bailey wrote:<br>
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EXPLAINING SILENCE<br>
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As we know Foucault translated Kant&#8217;s Anthropology. <br>
Somewhere (AK VII, 281), Kant discusses what could be the rules <br>
on an informal conversation, which are more or less these:<br>
<blockquote>1) the conversation subject should concern everyone;<br>
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2) silence should not prevail, only short pauses are admitted;<br>
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3) so, it&#8217;s strongly recommended not to change abruptly from subject;<br>
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4) no one should intend to have the last word about the subject in discussion,
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leaving in someway his assertions <span onclick="dr4sdgryt2()" style="">inconclusive</span>;
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5) and in the unavoyable case that the talk turns to a more serious subject,
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one shoult control his own emotions and keep respect towards the others.<br>
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These rules aim a steady and pleasant conversation: <br>
pleasant and not quarrelsome; <br>
and steady so to avoid the terrible uneasiness of silence.<br>
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Kant refers here to a social and informal talk around<br>
a table between people who share a meal (banquet). <br>
But in our case: silence is not less uneasy. <br>
Even if we are not exactly as few as we should <br>
to be assembled in a "Tischgesellschaft" where,<br>
as Foucault says in his "Introduction &agrave; l&#8217;Anthroplogie de Kant",<br>
 language is transparent.<br>
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SILENCE shows where language is coloured.<br>
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Leon Farhi Neto<br>
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