RE: [microsound] liberalism/power/control

[Andrei <andrei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, Falcata-Galia and Tariff Records wrote:

> Funny, I come from almost the extreme opposite end of the political
> spectrum.  We truly have a range of opinions that make this list an
> enjoyable place to be.  Now if we could just quit bickering...

What do you mean by the "extreme opposite end of the political spectrum" ?
Fascism !?

Andrei


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrei [mailto:andrei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 6:58 PM
> To: microsound
> Subject: RE: [microsound] liberalism/power/control
>
>
> I appreciate the recommendations so far, but I think I need to be a bit
> more specific: I'm not interested in Marxist or Socialist writings.
> I guess I'm being vague, but by liberal I don't mean extreme leftism.
> I'm referring more to a sort of moral liberalism (within the context of
> democracy !?).
>
> I saw a Foucault book called "Power/Knowledge : Selected Interviews and
> Other Writings, 1972-1977". Anything to say about this one ?
>
> Andrei
>
>
> On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, christian toepfner wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >      hi,
> >
> >      other references of choice could be:
> >      - hardt, negri: empire
> >      - jameson: the cultural turn. selected writings on postmodernism
> >        (especialy: postmodernism and consumer society)
> >      - butler, laclau, zizek: contingency, hegemony, universality. con-
> >        temporary dialogues on the left
> >      - laclau, mouffe: hegemony and socialist strategy. towards a radical
> >        democratic politics
> >      - zizek: the ticklish subject. the absent centre of political
> >        ontology
> >
> >      they take on most of the already proposed names like gramsci, lacan,
> >      foucault, &c.
> >      for more (art)historical views, the situationists (especially the
> >      scandinavian section) could be of some interest...
> >
> >
> >      best, c
> >
> >
> >
> >      On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, Philip Sherburne wrote:
> >
> > >    I think that Gramsci might be an appropriate reference here, but I'm
> > >    not 100% sure. Grad school days are fuzzy..
> > >
> > >>   -----Original Message-----
> > >>   From: rob [mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > >>   Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 9:30 PM
> > >>   To: microsound; microsound
> > >>   Subject: Re: [microsound] liberalism/power/control
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>   Foucault, Discilpine and Punish
> > >>   Really any of the post-structuralists, um Bell Hooks, Black Looks.
> > >>   For the anarchists try TAZ by Hakim Bey.  For the psychology angle
> > >>   try lacan.  If you think Freud might have had something, but got lost
> > >>   along the way.  lacan could be for you.
> > >>   Rob
> > >>
> > >>   ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> > >>   From: Andrei <andrei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >>   Reply-To: microsound <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >>