Rob Schaap on Foucault

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>>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.
>
>Doug

For what it's worth, I like French pastries, though I've never been 
to France, so, sadly, I've never had the pleasure of tasting the real 
things.

Moreover, France used to make great movies.  Robert Bresson, for instance.

Last but not least, France is said to treat its intellectuals very 
well -- a mark of civilization worth preserving in my opinion.  In 
contrast, in the USA, intellectuals are often sheepish about being 
intellectuals, breeding false modesty that is often more obnoxious 
than lack of modesty.

Yoshie