Michel Foucault

[Joe Hutch]

Blimey, he doesn't half go on, doesn't he? Is it cause he's French?

 

[paul auster]

Could have been worse , you could have attributed his verbosity to his sexuality

 

[Joe Hutch]

Could have been worse , you could have attributed his verbosity to his sexuality

He was heterosexual?

 

[paul auster]

Yep as with all those men who frequented the San Francisco bathhouse scene .

 

[Joe Hutch]

I've seen his picture now. He looks just like the bloke who used to present 'Bullseye'.

 

[molee]

I was going to France once and a friend asked me to pick up a copy of Lacan's Ecrits in French. I thought I'd give it a go in English but gave up on it-maybe it just doesn't translate. I think there was a lot of writing going on at that time......

 

[paul auster]

I've seen his picture now. He looks just like the bloke who used to present 'Bullseye'.

Eh , you seen the correct picture ?

He looks more like Uncle Festers more handsome slimmer brother ?

 

[Joe Hutch]

All bald men look the same to me.

Anyway, fair play to Foucault; he's not as dull as Derrida.

 

[rzme01]

I've seen his picture now. He looks just like the bloke who used to present 'Bullseye'.

Or that little feller from the Gadget Show

 

[Greg]

All bald men look the same to me.

Anyway, fair play to Foucault; he's not as dull as Derrida.

I dig Derrida

 

[Joe Hutch]

I dig Derrida

You would!

Thus far:

Foucault: means fook all
Derrida: dry as dust
Harold Bloom: mad as a box of frogs
Jerome McGann: not a patch on Paul McGann
Freud: Uncanny

 

[rzme01]

I thought derrida was an Irish jockey.

 

[Greg]

You would!

Thus far:

Foucault: means fook all
Derrida: dry as dust
Harold Bloom: mad as a box of frogs
Jerome McGann: not a patch on Paul McGann
Freud: Uncanny

I think some of Derrida's ideas compensate.

Thoughts on Baudrillard?

 

[Teddy Ray]

http://www.pinkfishmedia.net/forum/showthread.php?t=140186

 

[Greg]

http://www.pinkfishmedia.net/forum/showthread.php?t=140186

yes but that doesn't constitute an opinion, Teddy. What's your take?

 

[Joe Hutch]

I think some of Derrida's ideas compensate.

Thoughts on Baudrillard?

Crazy name, crazy guy. (Actually haven't read him yet, but he's on the list).

 

[Joe Hutch]

http://www.pinkfishmedia.net/forum/showthread.php?t=140186

Ah, right thanks, I knew I'd seen something about him recently, but had forgotten where. I'll slide on by that site and see what's afoot.

 

[joel]

Foucault is fun in French, as long as you treat him as a very clever essayist with a huge agenda. The Anglo-Saxon world seems to have taken him at face value...
Courtesans & fishcakes is an excellent critique of Foucault's historicity (and an excellent book all round!).

 

[Joe Hutch]

Foucault is fun in French, as long as you treat him as a very clever essayist with a huge agenda. The Anglo-Saxon world seems to have taken him at face value...
Courtesans & fishcakes is an excellent critique of Foucault's historicity (and an excellent book all round!).

Thanks. A lot gets lost in translation. Apparently Proust is hilariously funny in French. Sadly I'm stuck at the 'la plume de ma tante' stage.

 

[datay]

Thanks. A lot gets lost in translation. Apparently Proust is hilariously funny in French. Sadly I'm stuck at the 'la plume de ma tante' stage.

One of Proust's lesser known works..?