Hi everyone,
I'm just wondering how many Japanese speakers and/or residents in Japan
are on the list.
I always feel it would be nice to have a Japanese listserv on Foucault
because no such one is available.
Though Japan is a country all works of Foucault except _Herculine Barbin_
and _Le désordre des familles_ are translated and much read, there hasn't
been an active network of scholars on the net. Thus, setting up a
listserv, I hope, will help to stimulate discussion and exchange of ideas
among those who have an interest in contemporary Foucault (proper and/or
related) studies in Japan.
I'm making this propostion not because of any intention to "nationalize"
Foucault studies (frankly, I don't appreciate jargon-fillied, self-indulgent
writings or talks by most of Japanese "post-modern" scholars), but because
of the fact that Japanese as a two-byte language is sometimes a barrier to
communicate among Japanese speakers in one-byte language based listservs.
If you find this idea of networking attractive, feel free to contact me.
Best,
Tetz Hakoda
Ph. D. candidate, Kobe University (Japan)
I'm just wondering how many Japanese speakers and/or residents in Japan
are on the list.
I always feel it would be nice to have a Japanese listserv on Foucault
because no such one is available.
Though Japan is a country all works of Foucault except _Herculine Barbin_
and _Le désordre des familles_ are translated and much read, there hasn't
been an active network of scholars on the net. Thus, setting up a
listserv, I hope, will help to stimulate discussion and exchange of ideas
among those who have an interest in contemporary Foucault (proper and/or
related) studies in Japan.
I'm making this propostion not because of any intention to "nationalize"
Foucault studies (frankly, I don't appreciate jargon-fillied, self-indulgent
writings or talks by most of Japanese "post-modern" scholars), but because
of the fact that Japanese as a two-byte language is sometimes a barrier to
communicate among Japanese speakers in one-byte language based listservs.
If you find this idea of networking attractive, feel free to contact me.
Best,
Tetz Hakoda
Ph. D. candidate, Kobe University (Japan)