Re: [Foucault-L] genealogy of power

The most close to <genealogy of power> comes the January 7 1976 lecture: "l'enjeu de toutes cettes généalogies, ... est celui ci: qu'est-ce que ce pouvoir " (French edition p.13 below; I think this will be p.12 of the Englis translation):
the second place is mentioned by you, it is the interview with Trombadori of June 1976: "ed il ricorso ad analisi che si farebbero in termini di genealogie, di rapporti di forza, di sviluppi strategici, di tattitiche" see, Microfisica del Potere p.8 = Dits et Ecrits III page 145

yours
machiel karskens


At 09:34 24-10-2008, Kevin Turner wrote:
Hi Clare, and thanks for the references. Having scanned through them very quickly, I was reasonably surprised to come across no instances of the phrase "genealogy of power." The closest Foucault come to saying this is in 'Truth and Power' where he refers to â??the genealogy of relations of forceâ?? (P/K: 114; EW3: 116). What is interesting is that I have found many more instances in which Foucault talks about doing a "genealogy of knowledge (connaissance)," which would be the "indispensable other side" to the "archaeology of knowledge (savoir): see, for example, "Psychiatric Power:" 238ff, 346; "Society Must Be Defended:" 8-12; and in "Penal Theories and Institutions," which has yet to be translated into English, Foucault makes a distinction between what he calls "an archaeology of knowledge" and a "dynastics of knowledge," cf. PP: 256n13; see also, EW1: 17ff). What's even more interesting is that I think I have only come across one instance in which a "genealogy of connaissance" is discussed in the secondary literature. I cannot remember the exact reference, but I think it was something written by Stuart Elden. If anyone knows of other instances of this, could I please have references. Regards, Kevin. > -----Original Message----- > From: c.ofarrell@xxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:43:37 +1000 > To: foucault-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [Foucault-L] genealogy of power > > Kevin > > I don't have my books with me but try The Order of Discourse, 'Truth > and power' and 'Two lectures'. If Foucault does use the term these > are the most likely places. > > You raise a useful point about secondary commentary inventing terms > which then get attributed to the primary source and the necessity to > carefully check. I won't even begin to mention the problems of > translation... > > At 10:48 AM -0800 23/10/08, Kevin Turner wrote: > >I cannot find this phrase in the text you mention - do you have a > >reference to the page on which Foucault uses "genealogy of power"? >> > >The reason I am asking the question is that I don't remember ever > >reading this phrase in any of Foucault's texts, and so I'm wondering > >whether is actually a product of secondary commentary which, through > >reiteration, has somehow become attributed to Foucault himself. > > -- > regards > Clare > ************************************************ > Clare O'Farrell > email: c.ofarrell@xxxxxxxxxx > website: http://www.michel-foucault.com > ************************************************ > _______________________________________________ > Foucault-L mailing list _______________________________________________ Foucault-L mailing list




Prof. Machiel Karskens
social and political philosophy
Faculty of Philosophy
Radboud University Nijmegen - The Netherlands

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