For Flit: Foucault
>> Thursday, October 8, 2009
Flit asked: How do you feel about Foucault?
Who?
Did you mean the physicist, Léon Foucault? He clearly loved to play with light and magnets, but I don't have a strong opinion.
Or did you mean Michel Foucault, the historian/philosopher? If it's the latter, I don't have an opinion except I've never been much into reading philosphers, even though I don't hesitate to do so myself. Usually, I start reading that kind of thing and my eyes just roll into my head.
Given I had to look them both up, I doubt any thoughts I'd have on either would be worth much.
Sorry.
that's about my reaction, as well... although it does interest me how often people seem to just pick little wee bits of Foucault (the latter) to support their argument(s) - he wrote a lot - if you're going to pull things from him out of context, you can make 'him' say just about anything - but that don't make it right.
We want to move away from the current place we are in and ASAP... any chance of that happening?
Avan
I do read a lot of philosophy, but I don't know much about Foucault.
I don't know much about Foucault except that my husband who has read him extensively--HATES him.
I am lost, but that seems to be a good place to be...