Re: [Foucault-L] genealogy of power

I think he only uses the term as a broad description of what he is doing in
the interviews mostly, without wanting to formalize it too much in the
actual books themselves, for fear of turning it into a totalizing
methodology, though I could be wrong.

On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Lou Kramer <loukram@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> To me 'genealogy of power' is only a shortcut for a detailed formulation.
>
> Archaelogy: A historical analysis of (forms of) knowledge originated in
> truth games
> Genealogy: A historical analysis of (systems of) power ruled by power
> relations
>
> Or some formulation in better English.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Lou Kramer
>
>
>
>
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