Silence

Hello all,

I'm a newcomer to this list, and something of a stranger to Foucault, so 
the mails I've read so far have been simultaneously fascinating, 
intriguing, and bewildering.

I'm doing some thinking about silence for a dissertation on Harold Pinter 
(I'm a lit. student) and would appreciate some input/advice/feeback. 
Remembering the passage in The Dangerous Individual about the defendant 
who refuses to speak (promting a call to defend himself from the judge) 
has lead me to think about the relationship between silence and power - 
especially in terms of silence being both a sign of defiance and of 
complicity. I would really appreciate any suggestions/arguments/guidance 
from anyone on the list. If you can point me in the direction of any 
texts (by Foucault or otherwise) that you feel I ought to look at then 
that would be a great help.

I look forward to hearing from you all,

Mark