quote: Originally posted by PsychoSnowman
If Performance is what i think it is, then i believe so. The other team would have to have a card for that of course though.
TM11! Varsity skills response please.
haha... ok
let's go
I'm really not much of a Foucault Hack... to tell the truth i really don't like Foucault, I really don't understand it at all, but i can share the limited amount of knowledge bout this i do know...I'm not sure i'm correct anyway so any Fuko hacks feel free to enlighten us... this explanation is hecka annotated, and I didn't feel like writing too much, just hit me in a round, and i hope that i don't fail to explain this stuff better... heh.
(anyway i prefer heidegger or camus... but whatever...)
In recognizing the contradiction in Foucault's own work, it doesn't mean all his studies are for naught, however, he is correct in saying this as a forewarning to truly contemplating his works and gaining an understand of the hermaneutics of his works.
Concerning the way that fuko is run in a round, it doesn't make a difference that his philosophy would have to be deconstructed, because not all of his philosophy is used in the round anyway.
Additionally, a common alternative used, or the way to deconstruct the Power structures he discusses is through performance.
I don't know what you know bout performance Psy, but this is my understanding.
Recently, scholars such as Jessica Kulynych and Judity Butler have been going more in-depth into the concept of political performace, and the Winter '97 edition of the journal Polity is where all the good Kulynych performance cards are. Anyway, first to understand this, one must understand the difference between the macro- and micro-political levels of action. It's self-explanatory, but the macro-political level of action could be congressional debate, or lawmaking, and examples of action at the micro-political level are the speech act or demonstrations. It is this action at the micro-political level that is the performance that everyone talks about. Performance is good because it raises awareness and can change mindsets, and in doing so, make the first move to break down power structures. Starting from the bottom and moving your way to the top is the best way to break it on down.
That's it... sorry if it wasn't helpful, heh, it probably wasn't anyway..
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