According to Foucault this is bare nonsense.
Power co-constitutes truth, and truth co-constitues power, he said in the 70ties
Truth = parrhesia opposes itself to (political) power, he said in the 80ies,
As opposition or resistance parrhesia truth is of course part of power relationships.
yours
machiel karskens
At 19:24 8-12-2009, you wrote:
Prof. Machiel Karskens
social and political philosophy
Faculty of Philosophy
Radboud University Nijmegen - The Netherlands
Power co-constitutes truth, and truth co-constitues power, he said in the 70ties
Truth = parrhesia opposes itself to (political) power, he said in the 80ies,
As opposition or resistance parrhesia truth is of course part of power relationships.
yours
machiel karskens
At 19:24 8-12-2009, you wrote:
It's not that there is no "Truth" it's just there to serve power. Power
determines truth.
c.ofarrell@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Foucault's views on truth are the regular subject of media controversy -
> usually along the lines that he is a relativist, a nihilist, has no respect
> for the truth etc. etc.
>
> Has anybody seen any recent examples of this kind of discussion in the
> popular intellectual press?
>
> For an example see Raymond Tallis,
> Review article Dec 21 2001, Times Literary Supplement 'Foucault, as every
> schoolchild knows, denied that there were such things as objective truths'.
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Prof. Machiel Karskens
social and political philosophy
Faculty of Philosophy
Radboud University Nijmegen - The Netherlands