Wouldn't Foucault say that Obama was coming in to change the world but
that powerful oppressive discourses would prevent him from doing so?
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 7:44 AM, Kevin Turner <kevin.turner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I gave Tony Blair a three when he was first elected - it soon dropped into minus figures...
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: aryavartacnsrn@xxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 09:22:46 -0600
>> To: foucault-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [Foucault-L] Foucault and Obama
>>
>> three as in what?
>> three out of five or out of 10?
>> I think I missed the joke lol
>> pardon my ignorance.
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 7:14 AM, Timothy O'Leary <autrement@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Chetan,
>>>
>>> One place to start would be Foucault's discussion of the election of
>>> Francois Mitterand in 1981, the first left(ist) President of France in
>>> many
>>> decades.
>>>
>>> See: "So is it important to think?", EW3, p.454ff
>>>
>>> On the other hand, one could take the route that Martin Hardie, with his
>>> tongue firmly in cheek, has suggested on a different topic, and say that
>>> Foucault would have given Obama... a three.
>>>
>>> Timothy
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Chetan Vemuri <aryavartacnsrn@xxxxxxxxx
>>> >wrote:
>>>
>>>> So I know this is completely random, but since we know that Foucault
>>>> was
>>>> intending to move to California (at least I think he was) before his
>>> death
>>>> came into the picture, and considering (without AIDS of course, purely
>>>> theoretical) he lived through 2008, what do you think he would have had
>>> to
>>>> say about the presidential election and Obama's rise to power?
>>>> Do you think he would have been positive, negative or ambivalent?
>>>>
>>>> I ask because I read an interesting yet rare piece by Judith Butler on
>>>> Obama's victory taking a guarded approach yet appreciating its apparent
>>>> significance. I'm not trying to equivocate both thinkers, but I have an
>>>> inkling Foucault would have had a similar if not identical opinion, had
>>> he
>>>> lived to the present.
>>>> Here's Butler's article:
>>>>
>>>>
>>> http://angrywhitekid.blogs.com/weblog/2008/11/uncritical-exuberance-judith-butlers-take-on-obama.html
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> 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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>>
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>> Chetan Vemuri
>> West Des Moines, IA
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>> (515)-418-2771
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that powerful oppressive discourses would prevent him from doing so?
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 7:44 AM, Kevin Turner <kevin.turner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I gave Tony Blair a three when he was first elected - it soon dropped into minus figures...
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: aryavartacnsrn@xxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 09:22:46 -0600
>> To: foucault-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [Foucault-L] Foucault and Obama
>>
>> three as in what?
>> three out of five or out of 10?
>> I think I missed the joke lol
>> pardon my ignorance.
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 7:14 AM, Timothy O'Leary <autrement@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Chetan,
>>>
>>> One place to start would be Foucault's discussion of the election of
>>> Francois Mitterand in 1981, the first left(ist) President of France in
>>> many
>>> decades.
>>>
>>> See: "So is it important to think?", EW3, p.454ff
>>>
>>> On the other hand, one could take the route that Martin Hardie, with his
>>> tongue firmly in cheek, has suggested on a different topic, and say that
>>> Foucault would have given Obama... a three.
>>>
>>> Timothy
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Chetan Vemuri <aryavartacnsrn@xxxxxxxxx
>>> >wrote:
>>>
>>>> So I know this is completely random, but since we know that Foucault
>>>> was
>>>> intending to move to California (at least I think he was) before his
>>> death
>>>> came into the picture, and considering (without AIDS of course, purely
>>>> theoretical) he lived through 2008, what do you think he would have had
>>> to
>>>> say about the presidential election and Obama's rise to power?
>>>> Do you think he would have been positive, negative or ambivalent?
>>>>
>>>> I ask because I read an interesting yet rare piece by Judith Butler on
>>>> Obama's victory taking a guarded approach yet appreciating its apparent
>>>> significance. I'm not trying to equivocate both thinkers, but I have an
>>>> inkling Foucault would have had a similar if not identical opinion, had
>>> he
>>>> lived to the present.
>>>> Here's Butler's article:
>>>>
>>>>
>>> http://angrywhitekid.blogs.com/weblog/2008/11/uncritical-exuberance-judith-butlers-take-on-obama.html
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> 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"
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Foucault-L mailing list
>>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> 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"
>> _______________________________________________
>> Foucault-L mailing list
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