I have also tried to flesh out the differences between startegy/tactics, drawing on Foucault/De Certeau/Deleuze. See Chapter 1 of my "The Present Politics of the Past: indigenous legal activism and resistance to (neo)liberal governmentality" (Routledge, 2004). I am including a copy of the chapter in MS Word (note: I'm not 100% sure that this is exactly as it appears in the book, so please check the printed version if you need to cite the chapter - thanks).
Cheers,
Sean
Dr. Sean Patrick Eudaily
Asst. Professor of Politics
Department of History, Philosophy, and Social Sciences
University of Montana - Western
710 South Atlantic Street
Dillon, MT 59725
Tele: (406)683-7103
Email: s_eudaily@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "M. Karskens" <mkarskens@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: Mailing-list <foucault-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:00:49 +0200
>The tactic - strategy distinction is a long story; read the article of
>Kevin Thompson: Forms of resistance etc in Continental Philosophy 36:
>113-138, 2003
>
>Certeau derived his tactics and strategy notions from Foucault
>
>yours,
>machiel karskens
>
>
>
>
>At 23:13 6-4-2006, you wrote:
>>I was wonding if anyone could clarify the distinction between "strategies"
>>and "tactics" in Foucault's usage.
>>
>>I think I grasp the distinction more generally, (strategy is the overall
>>plan, whereas tactics are particular methods used in the course of
>>exocuting that plan), but I am wondering if it comes up in Foucault, and,
>>if so, what he says about it.
>>
>>Also, Certeau describes tactics in terms as what the dominated must rely
>>on (evasive, interrupting, etc.) whereas the dominant party --presumably
>>because she retains better control over the entire terrain-- is able to
>>act more strategically.
>>
>>Is this additional distinction anywhere discussed in Foucault's work, or
>>is it unique to Certau?
>>
>>-Nate
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>>Foucault-L mailing list
>
>
>
>
>Prof. Machiel Karskens
>social and political philosophy
>Faculty of Philosophy
>Radboud University Nijmegen - The Netherlands
>
>
>
>
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Cheers,
Sean
Dr. Sean Patrick Eudaily
Asst. Professor of Politics
Department of History, Philosophy, and Social Sciences
University of Montana - Western
710 South Atlantic Street
Dillon, MT 59725
Tele: (406)683-7103
Email: s_eudaily@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "M. Karskens" <mkarskens@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: Mailing-list <foucault-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:00:49 +0200
>The tactic - strategy distinction is a long story; read the article of
>Kevin Thompson: Forms of resistance etc in Continental Philosophy 36:
>113-138, 2003
>
>Certeau derived his tactics and strategy notions from Foucault
>
>yours,
>machiel karskens
>
>
>
>
>At 23:13 6-4-2006, you wrote:
>>I was wonding if anyone could clarify the distinction between "strategies"
>>and "tactics" in Foucault's usage.
>>
>>I think I grasp the distinction more generally, (strategy is the overall
>>plan, whereas tactics are particular methods used in the course of
>>exocuting that plan), but I am wondering if it comes up in Foucault, and,
>>if so, what he says about it.
>>
>>Also, Certeau describes tactics in terms as what the dominated must rely
>>on (evasive, interrupting, etc.) whereas the dominant party --presumably
>>because she retains better control over the entire terrain-- is able to
>>act more strategically.
>>
>>Is this additional distinction anywhere discussed in Foucault's work, or
>>is it unique to Certau?
>>
>>-Nate
>>_______________________________________________
>>Foucault-L mailing list
>
>
>
>
>Prof. Machiel Karskens
>social and political philosophy
>Faculty of Philosophy
>Radboud University Nijmegen - The Netherlands
>
>
>
>
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