File spoon-archives/foucault.archive/foucault_1999/foucault.9910, message 49


Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 11:08:02 -0700
From: Jeremy Hermann <jhermann-AT-pacbell.net>
Subject: RE: Foucault & Colonial Contexts


You should look at Timothy Mitchell's Colonizing Egypt.  I haven't read it
yet, but it looks good.




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> [mailto:owner-foucault-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu]On Behalf Of
> Michaela.Blaha-AT-ruhr-uni-bochum.de
> Sent: Saturday, October 16, 1999 10:16 AM
> To: foucault-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
> Subject: Foucault & Colonial Contexts
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> Has Foucault ever been concerned with applying his discourse/power
> concepts to colonial contexts? Except for some allusions in Discipline
> and Punish & History of Madness, I haven't found much on the
> topic.
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> Have perhaps other researchers used a discourse/power approach?
> in analyzing colonial contexts? I would especially be interested in an
> application to the conquest of America.
> Any hints would be much appreciated.
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