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+  From: Sam Vagenas <nologos@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
+  Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 18:34:54 -0700
John Ransom <RANSOM@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:


>I think Foucault came to regret this reduction of truth to power.]
>Instead, we should detach the power of truth from the forms of
>hegemony, etc., within which it currently operates.



Now, we've got an interesting topic of discussion.


You think Foucault came to regret the reduction of truth to power in the
1977 essay I noted. Please explain the switch and the reasons behind it.
On a quick glance, undermining the power/knowledge relationship in Foucault
would seem to undermine most of what he wrote.


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