Comments on: Foucault’s Madness and Civilization http://unnaturalhabitat.com/2008/10/16/foucaults-madness-and-civilization Andrew Minh Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: trabizon http://unnaturalhabitat.com/2008/10/16/foucaults-madness-and-civilization#comment-48 trabizon Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:41:59 +0000 http://unnaturalhabitat.com/?p=88#comment-48 Madness in French - I was sharing a house with a Francophile madman at the time - and everything else in English. It's not like with Derrida, whose universal theories only work for French speakers. Madness in French - I was sharing a house with a Francophile madman at the time - and everything else in English. It’s not like with Derrida, whose universal theories only work for French speakers.

]]> By: unnatural habitat http://unnaturalhabitat.com/2008/10/16/foucaults-madness-and-civilization#comment-40 unnatural habitat Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:19:10 +0000 http://unnaturalhabitat.com/?p=88#comment-40 Did you read him in French, trabizon? I was wondering if his original text read better. I might try him in his mother tongue, but my French isn't the best. Did you read him in French, trabizon? I was wondering if his original text read better. I might try him in his mother tongue, but my French isn’t the best.

]]> By: unnatural habitat http://unnaturalhabitat.com/2008/10/16/foucaults-madness-and-civilization#comment-39 unnatural habitat Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:16:46 +0000 http://unnaturalhabitat.com/?p=88#comment-39 <blockquote>quite a lot of universities still force students to go through the motions of searching it & his other stuff for scientific truth.</blockquote> and given our fetish for scientific truth that's kind of sketchy! I'll read more by him before I judge the entire body of his work.

quite a lot of universities still force students to go through the motions of searching it & his other stuff for scientific truth.

and given our fetish for scientific truth that’s kind of sketchy!

I’ll read more by him before I judge the entire body of his work.

]]> By: trabizon http://unnaturalhabitat.com/2008/10/16/foucaults-madness-and-civilization#comment-38 trabizon Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:12:55 +0000 http://unnaturalhabitat.com/?p=88#comment-38 I figured it was a great historical & poetical sourcebook, but quite a lot of universities still force students to go through the motions of searching it & his other stuff for scientific truth. I figured it was a great historical & poetical sourcebook, but quite a lot of universities still force students to go through the motions of searching it & his other stuff for scientific truth.

]]> By: Madness and Civilization « Foucault blog http://unnaturalhabitat.com/2008/10/16/foucaults-madness-and-civilization#comment-37 Madness and Civilization « Foucault blog Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:54:23 +0000 http://unnaturalhabitat.com/?p=88#comment-37 [...] by Jeremy Review of Madness and Civilization from a blogger, Andrew Minh, at Unnatural Habitat, who observes: Madness and Civilization is one of those must-read texts of 20th century continental philosophy. [...] [...] by Jeremy Review of Madness and Civilization from a blogger, Andrew Minh, at Unnatural Habitat, who observes: Madness and Civilization is one of those must-read texts of 20th century continental philosophy. [...]

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