The Deleuzoguattarian deconstruction of the evidence-based hegemonic post-positivist paradigm is being discussed in other places. It makes a nice chain – I got it from Tom P (he emailed me about it) who got it from Ben Goldacre. Alun at Archaeoastronomy got it from me, Martin Rundkvist at Salto Sobrius got it from Alun, PZ got it from Martin, and Orac got it from Martin and PZ and is planning to take it on.
The main author has a profile here.
For several years, he has been a clinical nurse in forensic psychiatry (both in hospitals and in the community) as well as in public health. His research interests focus primarily on the issue of the power relationship between nurses and vulnerable clients. He is also interested in the control mechanisms used or deployed by nurses. Most of his work, comments, essays, analyses and research are based on the theoretical work of Michel Foucault.
So – pretty much everything he ever writes or says is based on the theoretical work of Michel Foucault? So Foucault is pretty much all he needs for this perilous and exciting journey through life? He finds Foucault sufficient for all his theoretical needs? Well, that would account for a certain…limited quality in the thinking in that article.
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10 responses to “Deleuzoguattarian Foucauldianism”
Sounds to me like that man really needs a proper old-time religion since he likes getting all his answers from one all-seeing guru.
It’s confirmed this wasn’t a spoof? For sure?
No, I don’t know of any confirmation that it wasn’t a spoof, but I think there’s a lot of negative evidence – a lot of evidence that probably would have turned up by now if it were a spoof, that hasn’t turned up. I’m operating on the assumption that it’s Sincere.
Is it OK to find ButterfliesandWheels.com sufficient for all one’s theoretical needs?
Oh yes, oh yes, certainly, that’s quite another matter.
All hail the All-Seeing Ophelia, from her Temple in the City of Rain.
I’m giving myself goosebumps just thinking of the dirge-like chants that OUR religion would create.
Rain! I wish. Sun sun sun, that’s all we get around here in summer. I wish it would rain.
But yes. Any chant you chanted about me would be very tuneless and grim. Kind of like a clunking of chains.
One of Holmes’s research interests is [copied and pasted]:
“Govemmentality / Social Control / Nursing”
Strange that a guy with a Ph.D misspells one of his areas of interest on his profile at his university’s site.
Hmm. Maybe it’s microfascism to think a correct spelling should exclude an incorrect one. That would be privilege, that would be outrageous exclusionary normativity, that would be power/knowledge. Aphtur awl oui knn undrstannd uell anuff iff tha spelllng is a proxxamut kannt oui? Hoo kayrz iff ittz a liddul harrdur thatt weigh? Y b suj a peddunt? B fri n kree ay tivv. Lett cherselff gow. Foucauldian spellng kann b funn.
OB
U b uh krak uhp sumtaimz