File spoon-archives/foucault.archive/foucault_1996/f_Mar12.96, message 43


Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 11:40:12 -0600
From: atefeh oliai <atefeho-AT-vms2.macc.wisc.edu>
Subject: Re: Fpucault in Mexico


Hi Hector

Why do you think that revolution should only be  an "armed one" ?  Beside
any drastic change of rulling power could birng up the foucaldien....
Talk to you latter.

Atefeh




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>Hi Atefeh
>
>>        How come F. isn't hot in Mexico?  It's because they are critical of
>>him or he isn't an issue anymore/yet?
>Well. in fact intellectuals interested in Foucault's work are a minory.
>recently a friend of mine published a book related to Fouaults work
>Oscar Martiarena
>Mihel foucault: historiador de la subjetividad (M.F. History of the
>subjectivity)
>El equilibrista, México, 1995.
>
>>I guess if  Mexico goes under a revolution, Foucaldien approach to the> power
>>will be borne out of the abus of the power which is ritual of all
>>revolutions.   So much for my prophecy!  It happened to my country! 
>
>Well in my opinion a revolution (an armed one) is almost imposibble in
>Mexico. The struture of politic power in Mexico is what Vargas Llosa called
>"the perfect dictatorship". For instance the EZLN turned last election not
>to the left (PRD) but to the right (PAN) The people were afraid of the
>possibilities tran left implies.
>
>>And could you please tell me where I could get "correct" and "accurate"
>>news about what is happening in your country?  (I mean News not> propaganda!)
>
>I can reccomend you La Jornada a News paper edited in Mexico. They have a
>page in WWW.
>
>http://serpiente.dgsca.unam.mx/jornada/
>>
>>Bonne Chance avec la these
>
>Mercy.
>>
>regards.
>Hector
>>
>>
>>
>"Gracias a la vida, que me ha dado tanto"
>Hector Escobar Sotomayor
>hescobar-AT-datasys.com.mx
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