[lbo-talk] Prose Style, was Time to Get Religion

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Thu Dec 7 13:47:17 PST 2006


If Foucault thinks there is no human nature, why does he think that resistance to domination is inevitable?

--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


>
> On Dec 7, 2006, at 2:53 PM, bitch wrote:
>
> > Which is to say, Chomsky characterizes Foucault
> as suggesting that
> > what he's about is criticizing the content of of
> the concept of
> > human nature C offered. But foucault is not. He is
> denying that
> > there is a human nature at all.
>
> According to that piece on Chomsky's political
> philosophy by I can
> remember who in NLR about 10 years ago, Noam
> believes that we're all
> hardwired for freedom, and it's only external
> distortions (e.g., a
> bad state) that inhibit us from realizing this inner
> essence.
>
> Doug
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