From: kellner-AT-ccwf.cc.utexas.edu Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 08:36:45 -0600 (CST) Subject: Re: Baudrillard Vs. Foucault I think that the discussion of Baudrillard's FORGET FOUCAULT so far has missed why JB thinks we can forget MF. Although, as one contributor noted, JB follows a Foucaultian genealogical method in developing his theory of simulations as historical stages, once we enter the era of simulations proper, postmodernity, we are propelled beyond modernity and thus beyond the world of Foucault. Thus, JB affirms that MF has very nicely described the world of modern power but these forms of power are volatized in the worlds of simulation. Henceforth, media, cyberspace, and other areas not described by MF are the locus of the postmodern and power dissolves into cynical effects. Of course, one can argue that JB exaggerates the transition to postmodernity and I would argue that we are between the modern and the postmodern and that we should therefore not forget either JB nor MF, but can use both to help theorize our current situation. Douglas Kellner, Dept of Philosophy, Univ of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 kellner-AT-ccwf.cc.utexas.edu fax: 512 471-4806 Web sites: Postmodern theory= http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~kellner/pm/pm.html Critical theory= http://www.uta.edu/english/dab/illuminations/
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