Re: [Foucault-L] the human sciences

["Chetan Vemuri" <aryavartacnsrn@xxxxxxxxx>]

or is it, as I think, a bit more nuanced and less outrageous than made out
to be.

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

> Does it have as disastrous an effect on the relevance of anthropology,
> political science, etc as critics suggest?
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> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 6:02 PM, Chetan Vemuri <aryavartacnsrn@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
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>> 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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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"