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More Foucault, heterotopias

bode well carapace — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:46:54 -0800

Does Foucault, or do any other another philosophers, expand upon what is said in "Des espaces autres" in any other publication? Obviously, I'm looking for more academic reading on heterotopian concepts and definitions of other space.

Serial killers serve X purpose in society...solve for X.

sarahkeebs — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:58:50 -0800

I am 96% sure that I have read/heard from a reputable source that murderers, especially serial killers, are an inherent reflection of Western society, and that both actual murderers and fictional portrayals are important significant elements. Part A: Is this just a half-remembered bit of dialogue from some prime-time criminal procedural, and Part B: if not, where is it from? In undergrad I took a lot of survey Psychology, Philosophy, and History of Western Thought courses, and suddenly I realize that I don't remember who said what.

The basic idea I have is that exposure to criminals (real and fictional)do by proxy what law abiding people wish they could but don't allows us to surpress those urges. Places I have looked but not exhausted yet:
- Foucault (power)
- Durkheim (deviance)
- Aristotle (catharsis)
- Freud (id/ego/superego)

Are any of those right, and if so, which of their works should I be looking at closely?

And if I'm totally off track, who should I be looking at?

Can you help find the author of this photo?

EL-O-ESS — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:04:23 -0800

Can you identify this photo of a precocious little girl curled up with the Foucault Reader? Asking for a friend:

This image has made the rounds on myspace profiles and blogs, but I've never seen it attributed to anyone. A colleague would love to feature it in an upcoming project, but would need to contact the author for permission.

Can anyone help locate the original source of the image?

Discipline, Punish, and Confuse

trinarian — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 10:35:16 -0800

Explain Foucault to me like I was a 10 year old. I've read bits of Discipline and Punish and I've read many secondary sources... but I always feel like I'm missing a very large piece of the puzzle and it's never really clicked for me. Everything I've read is very intreaguing. Anyone care to take a stab?

For what it's worth, I think I understand a bit of The History of Sexuality and I understand Bentham's Panoptican, but I don't nessecarly see the totality of the connection. It's primarly Discipline and Punish I'm trying to understand, but I'm open to less known work too.