[lbo-talk] a poe moe and da poe moes

[Carrol Cox]

shag wrote:
> 
> The link above, here's an excerpt, a summary
> of various thinkers on power:
> 
> "Foucault argues [CLIP]For Foucault, power is not violence­violence
> takes place when where the limits of power are reached. War presupposes an
> absence of a shared truth, while power is the setting up of shared truths
> in order to avoid war.

Most of what you, MIles, & Dennis have been saying about Foucault is
impressive - but I hope you can give some explanation of this
(seemingly) self-evident nonsense -- and vicious nonsense at that.

I won't comment further until someone expands on this point.

Carrol