I joined this list at a time when Foucault was relatively new to me and
I had (I am sure) many "stupid questions" of my own. This is supposed
to be a community fueled by scholarly interest and curiosity and
responses such as the one below show an incredibly disrespect not only
for someone else's process of intellectual discovery but also for one
of the cornerstones of an intellectual life -- communication.
Given that last statement, I am well aware of the irony of asking to be removed from this list, however I do not feel at home in a scholarly community where inquiry -- in any form, whether it be from a person new to Foucault or not -- is dismissed with such arrogance by one of its members.
Shannon Smith
On 17-Apr-07, at 7:24 PM, Arianna wrote:
Department of English
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Queen's University, Kingston, ON
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Given that last statement, I am well aware of the irony of asking to be removed from this list, however I do not feel at home in a scholarly community where inquiry -- in any form, whether it be from a person new to Foucault or not -- is dismissed with such arrogance by one of its members.
Shannon Smith
On 17-Apr-07, at 7:24 PM, Arianna wrote:
its a stupid question, that's the answerShannon Smith, PhD Candidate
jataseli@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hello!
I´m a PhD student (MSocSc) in the Department of Social Sciences and
Philosophy at the University of Jyvaskyla in Finland.
My sociological research is about the history of drug addiction treatments
in Finland from 1960´s to present day. In this genealogical study I try
relate the changes in treatment practices to the changes of other
practices, be they discursive or non-discursive, that have made changes in
treatment practices possible. So basic foucauldian stuff.
My current interests lie in the modern concept of addiction and in the
"original" problematization that the emergence of this concept was related
to in the late 18th and early 19th century. Furthermore, being a student
of sociology I confront all the time the question "where´s the agent in
Foucault´s thought". I´ve got a kind of a answer to this question but it
needs more clarification.
Yours
Jani Selin
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