Could you please explain how this applies to my criticism of Gutting's book?
On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 4:46 AM, <R.Thomas-Pellicer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Chetan,
>
> May I answer by the tangent. Out of my own experience as a post-doctoral
> candidate, at any rate. Better even, by way of my own understanding -really
> very much inspired by Nietzsche and Foucault- of 'what to do with the
> tradition?'
>
> While a neophyte, any prop to have access to a the intricacies of the
> 'founders of discursivity', to use Foucault's own word, goes. Once you start
> making some sense of that new discourse, all what has been said about the
> latter feels uneasy. This is because the founder of discursivity is helping
> you think by yourself, and you start applying the statements of the founder
> to your own reality....
>
> What a superb threshold you have then reached: is this not 'Was Aufklaerung
> ist'.
>
>
>
>
> Ruth Thomas-Pellicer
>
>
>
>
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>
> "After Nietzsche's devastating criticism of those 'last men' who 'invented
> happiness,' I may leave aside altogether the naïve optimism in which science
> -that is, the technique of mastering life which rests upon science- has been
> celebrated as the way to happiness. Who believes in this? -aside from a few
> big children in university chairs or editorial offices." -Max Weber
>
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>
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On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 4:46 AM, <R.Thomas-Pellicer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Chetan,
>
> May I answer by the tangent. Out of my own experience as a post-doctoral
> candidate, at any rate. Better even, by way of my own understanding -really
> very much inspired by Nietzsche and Foucault- of 'what to do with the
> tradition?'
>
> While a neophyte, any prop to have access to a the intricacies of the
> 'founders of discursivity', to use Foucault's own word, goes. Once you start
> making some sense of that new discourse, all what has been said about the
> latter feels uneasy. This is because the founder of discursivity is helping
> you think by yourself, and you start applying the statements of the founder
> to your own reality....
>
> What a superb threshold you have then reached: is this not 'Was Aufklaerung
> ist'.
>
>
>
>
> Ruth Thomas-Pellicer
>
>
>
>
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>
> "After Nietzsche's devastating criticism of those 'last men' who 'invented
> happiness,' I may leave aside altogether the naïve optimism in which science
> -that is, the technique of mastering life which rests upon science- has been
> celebrated as the way to happiness. Who believes in this? -aside from a few
> big children in university chairs or editorial offices." -Max Weber
>
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>
> _______________________________________________
> Foucault-L mailing list
>
--
Chetan Vemuri
West Des Moines, IA
aryavartacnsrn@xxxxxxxxx
(515)-418-2771
"You say you want a Revolution! Well you know, we all want to change the
world"