I think a good place to start with regards to defending Foucault from
relativism in general method would be The Emergence of Sexuality: Historical
Epistemology and the Formation of Concepts by Arnold I Davidson.
One of the best books discussing Foucault I'd say.
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Mark Kingston
<mark.kingston.au@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been lurking on the list for a while, but I haven't introduced
> myself yet. I'm a grad student at UNSW, working under the
> supervision of Ros Diprose. My thesis uses some ideas from
> Foucault's late work - in particular resistance and the
> transformation of subjectivity.
>
> I was wondering if anyone knew of a book or paper that defends
> Foucault against those who accuse him of moral relativism. I've seen
> discussions of relativism with regards to truth and the genealogical
> method, but nothing about moral relativism specifically.
>
> Mark Kingston
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relativism in general method would be The Emergence of Sexuality: Historical
Epistemology and the Formation of Concepts by Arnold I Davidson.
One of the best books discussing Foucault I'd say.
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Mark Kingston
<mark.kingston.au@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been lurking on the list for a while, but I haven't introduced
> myself yet. I'm a grad student at UNSW, working under the
> supervision of Ros Diprose. My thesis uses some ideas from
> Foucault's late work - in particular resistance and the
> transformation of subjectivity.
>
> I was wondering if anyone knew of a book or paper that defends
> Foucault against those who accuse him of moral relativism. I've seen
> discussions of relativism with regards to truth and the genealogical
> method, but nothing about moral relativism specifically.
>
> Mark Kingston
> _______________________________________________
> 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"