Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 12:20:12 +1200 From: "Judy MOTION" <motionjm-AT-mngt.waikato.ac.nz> Subject: Re: Trivia: best-selling book? Hi All can someone please point me in the direction of a definition of what Foucault meant by the term technology. Judy Motion motionjm-AT-waikato.ac.nz University of Waikato >>> "Clare O'Farrell" <c_ofarrell-AT-hotmail.com> 06/18/99 11:51 >>> > >With apologies for the utterly trivial nature of the question, but >anyway:> >does anyone know what Foucault's best-selling book in English=20 >(apart from > >the recent selections from Dits et Ecrits) is at the moment? I would've> > >sworn it was HS1, but I have a friend in psychology who says that > >Power/Knowledge is the one she sees everywhere. I reckon it would have to be Discipline and Punish followed by HS1. The number of times these books appear in footnotes is the basis for my guess here!! One could also look up Amazon co. and look at the statistics of how well these respective books are selling through amazon Sean adds >Most >people I know prefer D&P and think that it is his best work. I would have to disagree with this, most influential perhaps, but not necessarily the best. Maybe they only think it is his best because it is the only one they have read. I have recently been systematically reading Dits et Ecrits and there is some absolutely wonderful stuff in that (as well as some not so good stuff). As for best book - any votes for The History of Madness? and I have a serious weakness for The Archeology of Knowledge. My current favourite piece of Foucault's however is the series of lectures he gave in Brazil in 1973. I am also currently reading 'Two lectures' in the Power/knowledge collection in English - very nice stuff - A couple of days ago I read an article 'Medecine et antimedecine' (not translated as far as I know) which I really liked as well, and... and... :-) My latest theory with regards to Foucault is that his books are only the icing on the cake of an enormous amount of empirical research and thought which one can see being constructed in articles, lectures and interviews. After having read the latter, the material that appears in Foucault's books becomes far easier to grasp. -But ploughing through 4 volumes of 800 pages each in French or several books in English which collect his works in scattered fashion is something only the most hardened fan would want to do!!! Clare Clare O'Farrell email:c_ofarrell-AT-hotmail.com web page: http://www.qut.edu.au/edu/cpol/foucault/ ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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