I actually don't know of many practising historians the department of
history in academia who engage in the kind of philosophic-historical
critiques that interested Foucault. I do know for sure of such work
being done extensively in the social sciences such as anthropology,
gender studies, sexuality studies, sociology, all of which are largely
historical in research and scope.
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Mehmet Kentel <mehmet.kentel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am trying to find an appropriate department of history where I can study
> (as a PhD) history of games and play in 18th-19th century, and follow the
> transformation (systematization, classification and commodification) that
> games had experienced in the context of modernity. I want my study to be
> both a historical analysis and a critique of modernity, in the line more or
> less conducted by Foucault and others. Do you know (or are you part of) any
> departments of history, preferably in US, in which a Foucauldian approach to
> history and modernity is predominant or in which there are good historians
> who value and use Foucault's works?
>
> I am open and grateful to any suggestions.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mehmet Kentel
>
> Boğaziçi University - Political Science - History (Double Major)
> Istanbul
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(319)-512-9318
"You say you want a Revolution! Well you know, we all want to change the world"
history in academia who engage in the kind of philosophic-historical
critiques that interested Foucault. I do know for sure of such work
being done extensively in the social sciences such as anthropology,
gender studies, sexuality studies, sociology, all of which are largely
historical in research and scope.
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Mehmet Kentel <mehmet.kentel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am trying to find an appropriate department of history where I can study
> (as a PhD) history of games and play in 18th-19th century, and follow the
> transformation (systematization, classification and commodification) that
> games had experienced in the context of modernity. I want my study to be
> both a historical analysis and a critique of modernity, in the line more or
> less conducted by Foucault and others. Do you know (or are you part of) any
> departments of history, preferably in US, in which a Foucauldian approach to
> history and modernity is predominant or in which there are good historians
> who value and use Foucault's works?
>
> I am open and grateful to any suggestions.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mehmet Kentel
>
> Boğaziçi University - Political Science - History (Double Major)
> Istanbul
> _______________________________________________
> Foucault-L mailing list
--
Chetan Vemuri
West Des Moines, IA
aryavartacnsrn@xxxxxxxxx
(319)-512-9318
"You say you want a Revolution! Well you know, we all want to change the world"