[lbo-talk] Chom v Fouc

[B.]

FYI: that "debate," of which I've read transcripts,
was fairly on realized to be not really a debate
between the two, as they agreed on too much. It's got
one of Chomsky's strongest statements of support for
anarchosyndicalism in it.

I've got a weak spot for Foucault for a variety of
reasons. After his death, Chomsky would write of
Foucault:

"Take Foucault: With enough effort, one can extract
from his writings some interesting insights and
observations, peeling away the framework of
obfuscation that is required for respectability in the
strange world of intellectuals, which takes on extreme
forms in the weird culture of postwar Paris. Foucault
is unusual among Paris intellectuals in that at least
something is left when one peels this away."

-B.

Doug Henwood wrote:
> also on bittorrent:
<http://www.chomskytorrents.org/>