From: JBCM2-AT-aol.com
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 17:14:13 EDT
Subject: Re: Lynne Cheney's views on Foucault


it seems to me that some things are painfully obvious, and that Lynn Cheney, 
along with the rest of the right-wing conservatives who make a living  
attacking intellectuals -- there's a long history of this -- is among the 
most obvious.  I don't know what *normative basis* one needs for this.  if 
you think that Cheney, et al. make a credible case, then there's little I can 
say that would sway you.  I find your characterization of my position as one 
of *moral outrage* laughable.  I mean, this is very funny!  Lynn Cheney in 
the same breath as Foucault?  

jb...

In a message dated 09/23/2000 1:36:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
comertod-AT-msu.edu writes:

<< 
 Maybe I'm out of my depth here, but from what normative basis can you make
 the above value judgement ("I don't")? The fact that, as far as I can tell,
 Foucault does not provide such a basis strikes me as exactly the argument
 that "conservatives" like Cheney (or some Marxists) would make. Foucault's
 project provides no basis for your moral outgrage and this is a glaring
 fault in my opinion. I think this would be where "relatavism" would enter
 for Cheney.
 
 Frankly, it is not clear to me how one can argue the silencing of one group
 in favor of another after reading Foucault--or perhaps I am misreading your
 post?
  >>