I guess in the debate with Chomsky he rejects the idea of building a
philosophy and a political movement around a given quality of human nature
(that includes, I think, "creativity", which is attributed to human nature
by Chomsky), but not the human nature itself. I think Foucault's position in
this regard may be called as agnostic...
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 5:06 AM, Teresa Mayne <teresa.mayne@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Creativity
>
> On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Chetan Vemuri <aryavartacnsrn@xxxxxxxxx
> >wrote:
>
> > So this is probably a rather old topic or debate that's been tossed
> around
> > before but does anyone here actually think Foucault rejected the idea of
> a
> > "human nature" outright as in universal human behaviors? I don't think
> the
> > rejected the latter per say but I do htink he rejected the idea of a
> > universal human "nature" or "essence" that could be discovered with
> > knowledge or liberty, a position shared also by Nietzsche, Von MIses and
> > Hannah Arendt.
> > what do you guys think?
> > And do you think a "critique" or "rejection" of human nature as a concept
> > is
> > necessarily as "flawed" as some make it out to be?
> >
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philosophy and a political movement around a given quality of human nature
(that includes, I think, "creativity", which is attributed to human nature
by Chomsky), but not the human nature itself. I think Foucault's position in
this regard may be called as agnostic...
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 5:06 AM, Teresa Mayne <teresa.mayne@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Creativity
>
> On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Chetan Vemuri <aryavartacnsrn@xxxxxxxxx
> >wrote:
>
> > So this is probably a rather old topic or debate that's been tossed
> around
> > before but does anyone here actually think Foucault rejected the idea of
> a
> > "human nature" outright as in universal human behaviors? I don't think
> the
> > rejected the latter per say but I do htink he rejected the idea of a
> > universal human "nature" or "essence" that could be discovered with
> > knowledge or liberty, a position shared also by Nietzsche, Von MIses and
> > Hannah Arendt.
> > what do you guys think?
> > And do you think a "critique" or "rejection" of human nature as a concept
> > is
> > necessarily as "flawed" as some make it out to be?
> >
> > --
> > 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"
> > _______________________________________________
> > Foucault-L mailing list
> >
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