Re: [Foucault-L] the human sciences

Does it have as disastrous an effect on the relevance of anthropology,
political science, etc as critics suggest?

On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 6:02 PM, Chetan Vemuri <aryavartacnsrn@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> How exactly would one characterize Foucault's attitude towards the human
> sciences at the end of The Order of Things?
> Does he actually suggest, as his critics allege, that the human sciences
> will lose relevance after the death of the man or rather that the human
> sciences will adapt a new framework of analyzing man in the social sciences,
> a subject that is distinct from the subject of Descartes? Is his statement
> one of contemporaneity or one of prediction as to what he sees as distant
> but inevitable?
> --
> 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"
>



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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"

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