I would suggest an article by Foucault which you might be interested in
having a look: Michel Foucault, "Genealogy and Social Criticism" in *The
postmodern turn: New perspectives on social theory*, Steven Seidman (ed.),
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1994.
On 02/03/2008, Maureen Ford <mford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Surely this will depend on what one associates with liberation. If one
> associates practices or technologies that offer creativity within
> circulations of power, resistance, then liberation need not be framed so
> negatively.
>
> If liberation is taken up in its enlightenment garb (deceptively exclusive
> as that is) then, yes, I would agree that using Foucault would not be
> 'liberating.'
>
> mford
>
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having a look: Michel Foucault, "Genealogy and Social Criticism" in *The
postmodern turn: New perspectives on social theory*, Steven Seidman (ed.),
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1994.
On 02/03/2008, Maureen Ford <mford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Surely this will depend on what one associates with liberation. If one
> associates practices or technologies that offer creativity within
> circulations of power, resistance, then liberation need not be framed so
> negatively.
>
> If liberation is taken up in its enlightenment garb (deceptively exclusive
> as that is) then, yes, I would agree that using Foucault would not be
> 'liberating.'
>
> mford
>
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