From: "Jean-Marc Gorelick" <jmg111-AT-hotmail.com> Subject: Re: new on foucault Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 09:39:32 PDT Nietzsche, Genealogy, History is a helpful essay when considering the disadvantages of adopting the notion of "progress"- especially in the teleological sense of evolutionary stages progressing towards the eventual fulfillment of World Historical Spirit. Such a notion often leads to smoothing out the differences, discrepancies, and discontinuities of the 'past', in favor of an endorsed or authorized 'present'. This is why the Enlightenment notion of 'progress' has consistently been held in suspicion by critical circles throughout the past century. I might be wrong though- any comments? -jmg >>for foucault there is progress toward ever higher stages of >>scientific knowledge. > >Please explain - to my mind progress is a highly suspicious >concept... > >Regards, > >Pia Staunstrup > > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
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