Dear Folks:
Here's an article that sounds interesting for those of us
studying the Cynical tradition through Foucault. Christ, of
course, is a strong parrhesiastes, as are all Cynics (witness
Diogenes' antagonism of Alexander in Foucault's "Fearless
Speech" (it is in there, isn't it?):
Paul Rhodes Eddy, "Jesus as Diogenes? Reflections on the Cynic
Jesus Thesis" in Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 115, No.
3. (Autumn, 1996), pp. 449-469
It's available on JSTOR.
The desert saints might also bear a certain relationship to
Cynical practice. What surprises me is that nobody has (as
far as I know) written a treatment of the Dada movement from
the viewpoint of Foucault's Cynic/Parresia work.
Hope this is useful,
Peter
Peter Winston Fettner,
Intellectual Heritage Program
214 Anderson Hall
(http://www.temple.edu/ih/index.htm),
Department of Philosophy
728 Anderson Hall
(http://www.temple.edu/philosophy/index.html)
1114 West Berks St.
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA 19122
(215) 204-1770
Here's an article that sounds interesting for those of us
studying the Cynical tradition through Foucault. Christ, of
course, is a strong parrhesiastes, as are all Cynics (witness
Diogenes' antagonism of Alexander in Foucault's "Fearless
Speech" (it is in there, isn't it?):
Paul Rhodes Eddy, "Jesus as Diogenes? Reflections on the Cynic
Jesus Thesis" in Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 115, No.
3. (Autumn, 1996), pp. 449-469
It's available on JSTOR.
The desert saints might also bear a certain relationship to
Cynical practice. What surprises me is that nobody has (as
far as I know) written a treatment of the Dada movement from
the viewpoint of Foucault's Cynic/Parresia work.
Hope this is useful,
Peter
Peter Winston Fettner,
Intellectual Heritage Program
214 Anderson Hall
(http://www.temple.edu/ih/index.htm),
Department of Philosophy
728 Anderson Hall
(http://www.temple.edu/philosophy/index.html)
1114 West Berks St.
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA 19122
(215) 204-1770