[lbo-talk] Power (Waiting for Foucault)

Charles Brown charlesb at cncl.ci.detroit.mi.us
Thu Jul 3 14:57:11 PDT 2008



>>> Dennis Claxton


>So people who think he has something to offer don't know the error of
>their ways and need to led back to..... where?
>
>^^^
>CB: I didn't characterize Foucault followers that way.

Ok. So they're not dupes, but followers?

^^^ CB: Proponents of his ideas. Foucauldians. I'm thinking Foucault is sort of an artist posing as a social scientist. Or his theory is that social science is not possible, only social "artistry", so he's just doing what he believes is true. Something like that.

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