So I know this is completely random, but since we know that Foucault was
intending to move to California (at least I think he was) before his death
came into the picture, and considering (without AIDS of course, purely
theoretical) he lived through 2008, what do you think he would have had to
say about the presidential election and Obama's rise to power?
Do you think he would have been positive, negative or ambivalent?
I ask because I read an interesting yet rare piece by Judith Butler on
Obama's victory taking a guarded approach yet appreciating its apparent
significance. I'm not trying to equivocate both thinkers, but I have an
inkling Foucault would have had a similar if not identical opinion, had he
lived to the present.
Here's Butler's article:
http://angrywhitekid.blogs.com/weblog/2008/11/uncritical-exuberance-judith-butlers-take-on-obama.html
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