Tribe.net. Local Connections Sy http://frenchphilo.tribe.net/thread/e580aad9-0135-44f5-bdaf-9fd2fb2bdc8a#fbbb1382-0bfe-4fed-a46d-feeb4786d504 2007-10-03T10:00:31Z 2007-10-03T10:00:31Z

what i find telling about this encounter, is that Foucault subsequently became increasingly involved as an activist...

Sy 2007-10-03T10:00:31Z brendan http://frenchphilo.tribe.net/thread/e580aad9-0135-44f5-bdaf-9fd2fb2bdc8a#d0d21751-0cd3-4fd7-9f80-f39f334b4c14 2007-06-06T01:04:42Z 2007-06-06T01:04:42Z

yeah, i've been hearing about this debate for years, but this is the first time i've actually encountered it. i have to say, it does seem a lot more genial than i'd always heard. they are pretty amazing-- i certainly rate chomsky and foucault among the most interesting/important/influential thinkers of the 20th century,

brendan 2007-06-06T01:04:42Z barnaby http://frenchphilo.tribe.net/thread/e580aad9-0135-44f5-bdaf-9fd2fb2bdc8a#a13dfee0-96a7-4bea-8967-824e6be564ff 2007-06-06T00:58:24Z 2007-06-06T00:58:24Z

Wow - thanks! There's a lot more there. It's interesting to note how hard the moderator tries to set these two at odds, but they keep agreeing with each other. It's also astonishing to me to see how philosophically astute Chomsky is, and how thoroughly Foucault understood Chomsky's work. These are really two colossi.

barnaby 2007-06-06T00:58:24Z brendan http://frenchphilo.tribe.net/thread/e580aad9-0135-44f5-bdaf-9fd2fb2bdc8a#62ca4a9e-f97c-45e4-9ee2-b375301542c6 2007-06-06T00:25:15Z 2007-06-06T00:25:15Z

good stuff. the full transcript is at: http://www.chomsky.info/debates/1971xxxx.htm

brendan 2007-06-06T00:25:15Z podp http://frenchphilo.tribe.net/thread/e580aad9-0135-44f5-bdaf-9fd2fb2bdc8a#9b32dd06-da5f-471d-bd99-095f3d7c5c41 2007-06-05T03:45:04Z 2007-06-05T03:45:04Z

heya barnaby, just noticed that very debate is used as an introduction for The Foucault Reader ...on pantheon? books... ( and if yur on the foucault tribe that link was posted there as well without much discussion ) yep, that clip gave me a pretty good picture of the schism between those who go for the juggular /root of the problem ( foucault) and those who try establish a practical platform in fighting oppression... (chomsky, anarchist syndicalism ) ... in a very very boiled down sense it seemed to characterize the typical french intellect vs. the moral american ... and if only the 2 positions could coordinate an attack simultaneously from both sides in brightly colored spandex tights i think they might have a chance of taking down the empire... at least for one round. p.

podp 2007-06-05T03:45:04Z barnaby http://frenchphilo.tribe.net/thread/e580aad9-0135-44f5-bdaf-9fd2fb2bdc8a#80549ec3-5dd6-4a61-a2e0-247b70c0991c 2007-05-24T03:59:58Z 2007-05-24T03:59:58Z

This is the most fascinating 15 minutes I've ever spent on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbUYsQR3Mes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXBfOxfmSDw

barnaby 2007-05-24T03:59:58Z