Dear Bill,
You might be right that Hardt and Negri "butchered" Foucault's concept of
biopower in *Empire*, but it seems that their use of this concept is more of
an updating (maybe a 'creation') than a dismemberment--probably resulting
from a Deleuzian fidelity. And Negri seems to have clearly articulated
reasons, however unorthodox. (If you still think you're missing something,
cf. Cesare Casarino and Antonio Negri, "It's a Powerful Life", *Cultural
Critique* 57/2 (Spring 2004), 151-183; esp. pp. 165-6).
And, though they fall under the aegis of International Relations theory,
Mark Duffield and Julian Reid both have compelling arguments that centralize
Foucault in understandings of the world political system.
yours,
Garnet
--
Garnet Kindervater
Ph.D. Student
Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society
Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature
235 Nicholson Hall
216 Pillsbury Drive SE
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0195 USA
kind0080@xxxxxxxxxx
http://cscl.umn.edu/grad/csds.html
On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Yasser Munif <ymunif@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
> You should check the work of Anibal Quijano and Walter Mignolo. They both
> engage with Wallerstein and Foucault. For example Quijano's "Coloniality
> of
> Power" is the product of governmental world process.
>
> Best,
> Yasser
>
> Quoting "French, William R." <WFRENCH@xxxxxxxx>:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I'm currently winding down on my BA thesis research, and about to start
> > writing. The topic is retheorizing the modern-world system (Wallerstein
> et.
> > al) and global social change from the perspective of "social space" I
> > extrapolate from Foucault's primary methods/concepts (episteme,
> discourse,
> > governmentlality, subjectivity).
> >
> > I have been unable to find in any of the secondary literature a
> discussion
> > directly world-systems theory in relation to Foucault or visaversa,
> which is
> > no problem (the closest is Hardt/Negri mentioning Arrighi's Long
> Twentieth
> > Cetury in Empire). In the primary literature, Focuault mentions Braudel
> (a
> > major influence for world-systems) and Wallerstein mentions but does not
> > really discuss Foucault on a few occassions.
> >
> > Is there anything that I'm missing (secondary or primary)? Of course,
> any
> > other suggestions are welcome.
> >
> > P.S. anybody have any commentary on Empire's use of biopower? It seemed
> to me
> > they sort have butchered the concepts application at worst or were
> terribly
> > unclear at best...but maybe I just missed something.
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Bill R. French
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Foucault-L mailing list
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Foucault-L mailing list
>
You might be right that Hardt and Negri "butchered" Foucault's concept of
biopower in *Empire*, but it seems that their use of this concept is more of
an updating (maybe a 'creation') than a dismemberment--probably resulting
from a Deleuzian fidelity. And Negri seems to have clearly articulated
reasons, however unorthodox. (If you still think you're missing something,
cf. Cesare Casarino and Antonio Negri, "It's a Powerful Life", *Cultural
Critique* 57/2 (Spring 2004), 151-183; esp. pp. 165-6).
And, though they fall under the aegis of International Relations theory,
Mark Duffield and Julian Reid both have compelling arguments that centralize
Foucault in understandings of the world political system.
yours,
Garnet
--
Garnet Kindervater
Ph.D. Student
Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society
Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature
235 Nicholson Hall
216 Pillsbury Drive SE
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0195 USA
kind0080@xxxxxxxxxx
http://cscl.umn.edu/grad/csds.html
On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Yasser Munif <ymunif@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
> You should check the work of Anibal Quijano and Walter Mignolo. They both
> engage with Wallerstein and Foucault. For example Quijano's "Coloniality
> of
> Power" is the product of governmental world process.
>
> Best,
> Yasser
>
> Quoting "French, William R." <WFRENCH@xxxxxxxx>:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I'm currently winding down on my BA thesis research, and about to start
> > writing. The topic is retheorizing the modern-world system (Wallerstein
> et.
> > al) and global social change from the perspective of "social space" I
> > extrapolate from Foucault's primary methods/concepts (episteme,
> discourse,
> > governmentlality, subjectivity).
> >
> > I have been unable to find in any of the secondary literature a
> discussion
> > directly world-systems theory in relation to Foucault or visaversa,
> which is
> > no problem (the closest is Hardt/Negri mentioning Arrighi's Long
> Twentieth
> > Cetury in Empire). In the primary literature, Focuault mentions Braudel
> (a
> > major influence for world-systems) and Wallerstein mentions but does not
> > really discuss Foucault on a few occassions.
> >
> > Is there anything that I'm missing (secondary or primary)? Of course,
> any
> > other suggestions are welcome.
> >
> > P.S. anybody have any commentary on Empire's use of biopower? It seemed
> to me
> > they sort have butchered the concepts application at worst or were
> terribly
> > unclear at best...but maybe I just missed something.
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Bill R. French
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Foucault-L mailing list
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Foucault-L mailing list
>