Date: 	Wed, 14 May 1997 01:55:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ziggy Rivkin-Fish <ziggy-AT-princeton.edu>
Subject: Re: Hecuba


On Tue, 13 May 1997, Helen Wishart wrote:

> My question to the list is as follows. Does Bourdieu, in any of his
> works, address the idea of madness as a means of subverting the dominant
> paradigm?

As far as I know, he does not. In fact, I would think that Bourdieu would
be deeply suspicious of the notion of subversion generally, and most
certainly in 'subversions' that are marginalizing (what exactly are they
subverting if they are being delegitimated, ie. exactly defined as those
who have no authority to change recognized capital and social forms?)
If you are treating 'subversion' on a somewhat more individual level, then
Julia Kristeva might be a more useful theorist to turn to: she explicitly
examines madness and psychosis as subversions (even rejections) of the
symbolic order. Judith Butler's *Gender Trouble* where she uses
(albeit in a somewhat distorted form) Foucault and Kristeva to develop a
different notion of subversion might also be useful, although not
specifically about madness (but most certainly about transgression). 


Ziggy

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