Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 14:48:28 -0500
From: Reg Lilly <rlilly-AT-skidmore.edu>
Subject: Re: R: Subjectivity and Critique


I don't find anything in D&E that would be translated as "What is critique?"  Do you have an citation to the original?

Thanks,
Reg Lilly

"John S. Ransom" wrote:
> 
> Daniel,
> 
> Have you read "What is critique?", contained in James Schmidt, editor, "What
> is Enlightenment?" published by University of California Press? It's an
> early piece by Foucault and very valuable, I think.
> 
> --John Ransom
> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: Daniel Smith <dls216-AT-psu.edu>
> A: foucault-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu <foucault-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu>
> Data: Friday, January 08, 1999 5:09 PM
> Oggetto: Subjectivity and Critique
> 
> >Greetings all:
> >
> >I'm not quite sure how to frame this question/request, so please
> >bear with me.
> >
> >I am looking for books and/or articles that examine/explore
> >the implications of Foucauldian/poststructuralist conceptions
> >of subjectivity and their relation to the practice of
> >analysis and critique. Put another way, how does a critic/
> >analyst who subscribes to a notion of subjectivity that
> >problematizes/interrogates issues of agency, self-determination,
> >knowledge and autonomy in relation to the subject situate/explain
> >his or her practice of critique? Indeed, how do "pomo"
> >conceptions of subjectivity problematize the idea and practice of critique?
> >I am familiar with Foucault's formulation of the "specific intellectual"
> but
> >would be interested in examining texts that
> >discuss these issues in more detail.
> >
> >If I can clarify any of the above, let me know.
> >Thanks for your help.
> >
> >Cordially,
> >
> >Daniel Smith
> >
> >