>>> dhenwood at panix.com 06/11/01 10:23AM >>>
Charles Brown wrote:
> >>> jkschw at hotmail.com 06/10/01 11:50PM >>>
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>I haven't particapted much in this, but I'll put in my cryptic two cents. I
>think it is necessary to distinguish between Foucault the sociologist of
>knowledge and Foucault the French philosopher.
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>CB: Actually, this note from Justin is not cryptic , but plain talk
>on philo from a pro., helpful to amateurs. I did wonder what is the
>common denominator of "_French_ philosophers"
This use of "French" as an epithet reminds me of Trent Lott saying a few years ago that Michel Camdessus should have resigned as managing director of the IMF because he was "a socialist from France." Obviously, listmembers would disagree with Lott on whether MC was a socialist and whether being a socialist is a bad thing, but there seems to be some agreement on the French thing.
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CB: Then there is a French kiss: naughty.
Maybe Lott has been buffing up on his Marxism, which has been said to be a combination of French Socialism, British political economy, and German philosophy. Lott noticed that _French_ socialism is the real thing. ( And to answer my question to Justin, Foucault should have stuck to socialism instead of philos :>) ; just kidding ).
I wrote this before I got a "confirmation" from Justin:
>>> jkschw at hotmail.com 06/11/01 10:26AM >>>
Thanks for the kind words, Charles. The common denominator of French
philosophers is "lowest," obviously. Please pardon my Anglo-German
attitudes. --jks