From: HUBDIL-AT-kuhub.cc.ukans.edu Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 16:04:41 -0500 (UTC -05:00) Subject: John Knoblock While I agree with much of what John Knoblock has stated regarding Foucault, I would like to make the following points: 1. In 1979, my dermatologist at St. Francis Medical Center stated that something was wrong; that people were getting ill and dying. Further, he stated that at that time they thought it was related to drug use. 2. While it is true that foucault lectured in Berkeley in the spring of 1983, specifically in April and May, he also returned to Berkeley in October and November. He also lectured in February and March 1984. Not the dark, ominous sort of individual that Miller attempts to paint in his work, but one, whom I believe, was going through another change/break in his thought. 3. There is a tendency to confuse Miller's biography with fact. We need to look at Miller's uncritical use of his sources, such as White's travelogues. Further, Miller's sloppy scholarship needs to be addressed in a much larger forum. Thanks. bill Drummond
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