File spoon-archives/foucault.archive/foucault_1997/foucault.9705, message 84


From: brehkopf-AT-nexus.yorku.ca
Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 00:13:33 -0400
Subject: Re: Silence


In your message of 19:08 May 22 1997, you write:

> > On Wed, 21 May 1997, Mark Holloway wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello all,
> > > 
> > > I'm a newcomer to this list, and something of a stranger to Foucault, so 
> > > the mails I've read so far have been simultaneously fascinating, 
> > > intriguing, and bewildering.
> > > 
> > > I'm doing some thinking about silence for a dissertation on Harold Pinter 
> > > (I'm a lit. student) and would appreciate some input/advice/feeback. 
> > > Remembering the passage in The Dangerous Individual about the defendant 
> > > who refuses to speak (promting a call to defend himself from the judge) 
> > > has lead me to think about the relationship between silence and power - 
> > > especially in terms of silence being both a sign of defiance and of 
> > > complicity. I would really appreciate any suggestions/arguments/guidance 
> > > from anyone on the list. If you can point me in the direction of any 
> > > texts (by Foucault or otherwise) that you feel I ought to look at then 
> > > that would be a great help.


I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this brief reference or not, but F
says a bit about silence in "The Minimalist Self," and interview in
_Politics Philosophy Culture_. Here, he talks about how "Silence may be
a much more interesting way of having a relationship with people," and
silence being "one of those things that has unfortunately been dropped
from our culture." A bit about Romans and Greeks, then he says that he's
"in favor of developing silence as a cultural ethos." (p.4)

Maybe not exactly what you are looking for, but there it is for what
it's worth.

Peace,
Blaine
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