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+  From: michael bibby <shmickeyd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
+  Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 17:30:52 +1100 (EST)
Hey daniel. You have found a <lacuna> at the heart of
Foucaults Ouvour which has captivated you. See his
essay 'Madness is the absence of the work of art'.


--- Daniel Spector <daniel.spector@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Can anyone point me towards any writing where
> Foucault clearly defines his
> understanding of "discourse" as gaining power
> precisely through absence or
> lack of clarity? Also, would anyone care to comment
> on this definition?
> I'm trying to better understand it as I incorporate
> it into something I am
> working on.
>
>
>
> Thanks Much,
>
>
>
> Daniel Spector
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