From: "Clare O'Farrell" <c_ofarrell-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: archaeology was Bad Writing?
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 17:31:28 PST


Stuart says

>a little, AK is torturous, and F spends more time explaining what he is 
not>doing, than what he is. That said, I think it's one of his most 
rewarding>books, and with Birth of the Clinic, one of the most 
neglected.

Great to see another Archaeology of Knowledge fan - it was the book that 
originally got me interested in Foucault - I agree it is a very 
rewarding book partiuclarly if one is interested in historiography. But 
I think Raymond Roussel would have to be Foucault's least read book 
(with good reason I might add)!! I agree Birth of the Clinic is 
neglected - I have seen people in the health related areas referring to 
Disicpline and Punish when a reference to Birth of the Clinic would have 
been much more helpful.

Clare

Clare O'Farrell
email:c_ofarrell-AT-hotmail.com
web page: http://www.qut.edu.au/edu/cpol/foucault/ 




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