At 3:53 PM -0800 3/24/97, DICKENS, EDWIN (201)-408-3024 wrote: >As a contretemps to the current concerns on Pen-l >with people reviewing materials they have highly >publicized biases against, can you explain why you >would rather read a PoMo icon like Foucault rather >than a book apparently grounded in Marx (e.g., Foucault >never quotes the Grundrisse). I'm looking for >what an old dinosaur like you is finding of value >in Foucault. I'd rather read the Grundrisse than either, but a lot of Meszaros's terrain is pretty familiar to me, whereas Foucault's is still somewhat fresh. I disagree with a lot of what he says, but he's lively, engaging, and with more than a touch of evil, like Nietzsche. But I'd much rather read Foucault than other "PoMo icons" like, say, Irigaray, Derrida, Deleuze & Guattari, or even poor Stanley Aronowitz. Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA +1-212-874-4020 voice +1-212-874-3137 fax email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> web: <http://www.panix.com/~dhenwood/LBO_home.html>
