File spoon-archives/foucault.archive/foucault_1998/foucault.9803, message 24


From: Erik Hoogcarspel <jehms-AT-globalxs.nl>
Date: Sun, 08 Mar 1998 17:44:18 +0100
Subject: re: Dangerous


Op zondag, 08-maa-98 schreef Phantom Overtone:


PO> Randall:

PO> You stated in a previous post that "the _suffocating_ world created by
PO> Foucault" lends itself to the dangers of pessimism.  (I assume pessimism
PO> because of your tying the statement in with Schopenhaur and Nietzsche=2E)
PO> Firstly, I don't agree that Foucault creates a suffocating world.  At worst
PO> he does _present_ certain archaeological structures that appear
PO> suffocating; prisons, clinics, madhouses, etc.  However, I never
PO> interpreted Foucault as intending to suffocate us with these analyses=2E
PO> Instead, these sites are approached and used for demonstration because a)
PO> they are primary sites for identifying interstices of power and resistance
PO> - where knowledge is formed and b) analyzing these locations best reveals
PO> the positional autonomy that one can achieve by employing a methodology
PO> that identifies institutional objects for what they are; intelligible
PO> material for disclosing power relations.  

And the point of view which creates a pessimistic image of Foucault, Nietzsche and Schopenhauer, the X-ian waspian nimbyan optimism, is not only philosophically but also litterally suffocating, since it causes mental diseases like economania, workoholism and the belief in progress which makes it the main cause of industrial pollution. 


-- 
 > erik


 /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\
  erik hoogcarspel           <  jehms-AT-globalxs.nl             Boerhaaveln 99b
                             <  tl+31.(0)104157097            3112 LE Schiedam
                             <  fx+31.(0)842113137            Holland

 o===================================================================================o
  mango semtex jihad brothers revolution saddam khadafi america power crack smack pot
 o===================================================================================o

   

Driftline Main Page

 

Display software: ArchTracker © Malgosia Askanas, 2000-2005