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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