File spoon-archives/foucault.archive/foucault_1999/foucault.9911, message 10


From: "Ben B. Day" <bday-AT-cs.umb.edu>
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 00:40:01 -0500 (EST)
Subject: RE: theory and critique


Ed,

I actually didn't go so far as to say that Foucalt is agreeing with the
Frankfurt school (I haven't even read the piece in question!).
I said it seemed that he was _influenced_ by the Frankfurt school,
in the capacity of John's original question, namely:
"that critique is itself a virtue that can and should be pursued
even when one lacks a decent blueprint for a just society."

So, perhaps we are not in disagreement. I think the questions you raise
are more interesting ones, though--I probably wasn't going out on much
of a limb by positing an influence by the Frankfurt school--and hopefully
I can take this up in detail when I'm better informed.

----Ben

   

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