Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 01:32:52 -0400 (EDT) From: "M.A. King" <kingma-AT-mcmail.CIS.McMaster.CA> Subject: Foucault's discipline On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Darren wrote: > Foucault would argue that language and specialised languages position > people in various ways. It is a site of power. So, 'intellectual' texts are > a site of power which, through their specialised language, discipline the > reader in a particular position. > How would Foucault respond to the suggestion that his own writing ... which > is specialised ... does the same thing? I have a feeling you're assuming that discipline per se is a bad thing (which, for Foucault, despite egregious (that's the word of the day;) interpretations like Rorty's, is not the case), and that you think you've caught Foucault in a self-referential catch-22. Maybe I'm wrong. Anyway, I'm sure he would respond that it does, of course. Matthew ----Matthew A. King------Department of Philosophy------McMaster University---- "The border is often narrow between a permanent temptation to commit suicide and the birth of a certain form of political consciousness." -----------------------------(Michel Foucault)--------------------------------
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