Hi David,
Thanks for your response. I know Yoshi well because he is my dissertation
supervisor here! He already told me about you. It's a small world, indeed.
Best,
Tetz
-----Original Message-----
From: David McInerney
Sent: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 06:38:52 +0900
Subject: Re: [Foucault-L] Japanese speaking subscribers
> Hi Tetz
>
> I am currently in Japan but I am Australian and speak very little
> Japanese, chotto chotto. I am based on Toyama-ken at the moment.
>
> I do know the translator of Althusser and Virilio into Japanese,
> Yoshi Ichida, who is Professor of French at Kobe University, But I
> presume you already know him. He can tell you just how little
> Japanese I can speak! There is a Japanese Foucault scholar at the
> University of Tokyo whom my friend Warren Montag recommended I
> contact, but so far I have not made contact.
>
> David McInerney
>
> http://www.borderlandsejournal.adelaide.edu.au/issues/vol4no2.html
> www.amazon.co.jp/James-Mill-Despotism-Philosophy-Reading/dp/0415956129/
>
>
> On 14/03/2007, at 10:36 PM, Tetz wrote:
>
> > 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)
> >
> >
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> > Foucault-L mailing list
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Foucault-L mailing list
Thanks for your response. I know Yoshi well because he is my dissertation
supervisor here! He already told me about you. It's a small world, indeed.
Best,
Tetz
-----Original Message-----
From: David McInerney
Sent: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 06:38:52 +0900
Subject: Re: [Foucault-L] Japanese speaking subscribers
> Hi Tetz
>
> I am currently in Japan but I am Australian and speak very little
> Japanese, chotto chotto. I am based on Toyama-ken at the moment.
>
> I do know the translator of Althusser and Virilio into Japanese,
> Yoshi Ichida, who is Professor of French at Kobe University, But I
> presume you already know him. He can tell you just how little
> Japanese I can speak! There is a Japanese Foucault scholar at the
> University of Tokyo whom my friend Warren Montag recommended I
> contact, but so far I have not made contact.
>
> David McInerney
>
> http://www.borderlandsejournal.adelaide.edu.au/issues/vol4no2.html
> www.amazon.co.jp/James-Mill-Despotism-Philosophy-Reading/dp/0415956129/
>
>
> On 14/03/2007, at 10:36 PM, Tetz wrote:
>
> > 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)
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Foucault-L mailing list
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Foucault-L mailing list