Re: [Foucault-L] foucault

HI CLARE,

WHAT CAN I SAY-----

OF COURSE THIS EMAIL WAS INTENDED FOR YOU, BUT IN THE PROCESS OF WRITING IT, I PRESSED 'SEND' INSTEAD OF 'SAVE' AND THE EMAIL LANDED FARTHER AND WIDER THAN YOUR PERSONAL ADDRESS, FOR WHICH IT WAS GEARED.

HAVING OVERCOME MY INITIAL EMBARRASSMENT --- IT IS FOR ME A FIRST AUGMENTATION OF THIS SORT IN TWELVE YEARS OF INTENSE EMAIL PRACTICE --- I AM NOW CONTENT THAT GOOD CAME OF IT, SINCE YOU ARE DEFINITELY OWED THE RECOGNITION, PUBLIC IF IT SO HAPPENS, OF YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THIS TREASURY OF TOOLS.

ALL BEST,

BRURIA

P.S. DID YOU KNOW THAT 'BRURIA' IS HEBREW FOR 'CLARE' ------ THE PERMUTATION CIRCUIT NEVER END, THANKFULLY




----- Original Message ----- From: "Clare O'Farrell" <c.ofarrell@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "bruria" <naniya@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 1:03 PM
Subject: foucault


Hi Bruria

Thanks for your message via the foucault list! I'm glad your paper
went well at the conference and I'm sorry I wasn't able to be there.

Thank you for your kind words about my work on Foucault. I am
currently completing a chapter on Foucault and history at present.

HELLO CLARE,

LAST WEEK, AT THE 'FOUCAULT 25 YEARS ON' CONFERENCE IN ADELAIDE, A
PAPER WAS READ BY MY COLLEAGUE AND CO AUTHOR DR. TOM NORDGREN, WHO IS
HERE FROM THE USA.

TOM AND MYSELF ARE CURRENTLY EXPENDING INTO A BOOK MY EARLIER PUBLISHED
PAPER. IT IS THE INTENTION THAT TOM STAYS IN AUSTRALIA FOR A MONTH OR SO,
HAVING DELIVERED THE PAPER IN ADELAIDE, TO FURTHER THE WORK IN PROGRESS
TOWARDS COMPLETION

I HAVE WRITTEN TO YOU ONCE BRIEFLY, LAST YEAR I THINK, AND GOT YOUR
RESPONSE,
BUT IT HAS BEEN MY INTENT TO WRITE TO YOU AGAIN AND EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION
OF YOUR DEPTH AND INTRICACY OF KNOWLEDGE OF FOUCAULT. IN YOUR RECENT TITLE
IN PARTICULAR, YOU APPEAR TO
GRASP THAT THERE ARE IN FOUCAULT NO MERE SERIES OF CLASSIFICATIONS, SHOULD
WE SAY OF A 'LINEAR' TYPE, BUT A JUGGLED ENVIRONMENT, MORE LIKE A GAME OF
SEVERAL BALLS, IN FLUX AND RESTING, GEOMETRICALLY SPATIALLY CONDITIONED. OR
PERHAPS LIKE THE ELEMENTS OF A CHEMICAL MOLECULE, MUTUALLY BINDING AND
DELINEATING.

I HOPE I HAVE NOT HERE ADDED TO THE CONFUSION SURROUNDING FOUCAULT.

.

BECAUSE WE VALUE FOUCAULT AND THE CONTRIBUTION YOU MADE, I WOULD LIKE TO
OPEN WITH YOU A DIALOGUE TOWARDS YOUR POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE BOOK.


--
regards
Clare
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Clare O'Farrell
email: c.ofarrell@xxxxxxxxxx
website: http://www.michel-foucault.com
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