maybe you can use gigapedia.org
there ara lots of books in pdf or scanned versions.
There should be a scanned edition of Abnormal there.
Good luck...
Umut
Turkey
> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:09:18 +0200
> To: foucault-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> From: mkarskens@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Foucault-L] Abnormal/Les Anormaux lecture 29 January 1975
>
> I shall send you a scan tonight or to morrow morning (European time)
> what is your direct e-mail adress?
>
>
> machiel
>
>
> At 06:59 31-3-2009, you wrote:
> >Dear friends,
> >
> >I am wondering if one of you can help. I have been trying to obtain
> >a copy of the French version of the lecture series "Abnormal" here in
> >Australia through inter-library loan, but it seems that the one
> >library that has it (UNSW) is undergoing some reconstruction work in
> >the relevant section of their holdings and cannot provide their copy
> >to me. I am presenting a paper on the lecture of 29 January 1975 at
> >a conference here at the University of South Australia (commemorating
> >25 years since Foucault's death), and I am focusing on Foucault's
> >discussion of two political monsters in revolutionary France (the
> >King and the crowd) in that lecture, as well as making some comments
> >about Althusser's discussion of Oriental despotism in his book
> >'Montesquieu' (1959). Comparing the French text of 'Montesquieu'
> >with the translation by Ben Brewster I have already found a crucial
> >mistranslation (what would have been translated literally as
> >'scarecrow' is rendered 'bugbear') relating to despotism, and I would
> >like to check the translation of the relevant lecture in Foucault to
> >make sure that there is no similar problem there. If someone can
> >scan or photocopy the relevant lecture from the French version and
> >send it to me at the University of South Australia (see my home page:
> >http://people.unisa.edu.au/David.McInerney) I would be very grateful.
> >
> >My paper is called 'Oriental despotism and the political monsters of
> >Michel Foucault's Les Anormaux' and will be presented at the
> >conference 'Foucault: 25 Years On' on the 25th of June 2009. Here's
> >the abstract:
> >
> >On 29 January 1975 Foucault spoke of two figures of the Despot in
> >revolutionary France: one of them incestuous (the king), the other
> >cannibalistic (the crowd). The figure of the despot constitutes a
> >norm of political conduct, if we understand the ‘normal’ as
> >constituted in its relation to its spectral, abnormal ‘Others’. In
> >1959 Foucault’s tutor Louis Althusser had suggested that the
> >‘Oriental despot’ was a spectre or 'scarecrow' [épouvantail]
> >constitutive of Western political thought. Foucault's lecture, on
> >the other hand, suggests something of a specific mode through which
> >these figures suddenly assumed a material form. This paper extends
> >these theses through an analysis of how James Mill articulated his
> >political theory in The History of British India (1818) around the
> >thesis that 'the fear of insurrection' constitutes the necessary
> >impetus for the movement from 'semi-barbarous' to 'civilized' society.
> >
> >Maybe one or two of you can attend? I hope so.
> >
> >I need to submit the paper for the conference proceedings though on
> >28 May. If anyone can get a copy of this to me relatively quickly -
> >or can direct me to an online version - that would be fantastic.
> >
> >Best wishes
> >David
> >
> >
> >_______________________________________________
> >Foucault-L mailing list
>
>
>
>
> Prof. Machiel Karskens
> social and political philosophy
> Faculty of Philosophy
> Radboud University Nijmegen - The Netherlands
> _______________________________________________
> Foucault-L mailing list
_________________________________________________________________
Quick access to your favorite MSN content and Windows Live with Internet Explorer 8.
http://ie8.msn.com/microsoft/internet-explorer-8/en-us/ie8.aspx?ocid=B037MSN55C0701A