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A review by adamz24
Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977 by Michel Foucault
2.0
As usual with Foucault, I just wish he would give me reasons to buy into what he's saying that don't just consist in my predisposition to agree with him on some things (and disagree on others).
"Truth and Power," for instance, gives me just as much reason to believe its assertions as any text that would insist on there being a giant pink invisible untouchable elephant that holds the entire universe in its sway and permeates every facet of our being does.
K, it's not quite that bad, and I'm such a fan of his calling Derrida's writing terroristic obfuscation that I'll be a bit lenient on Foucault's intellectual soft spots, but still...
"Truth and Power," for instance, gives me just as much reason to believe its assertions as any text that would insist on there being a giant pink invisible untouchable elephant that holds the entire universe in its sway and permeates every facet of our being does.
K, it's not quite that bad, and I'm such a fan of his calling Derrida's writing terroristic obfuscation that I'll be a bit lenient on Foucault's intellectual soft spots, but still...