Comments on: Debunking Andrew Scull: Michel Foucault’s History of Madness http://kugelmass.wordpress.com/2007/04/29/debunking-andrew-scull-michel-foucaults-history-of-madness/ What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:25:59 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Finns det kvalitetsbloggar? at Det perfekta tomrummet http://kugelmass.wordpress.com/2007/04/29/debunking-andrew-scull-michel-foucaults-history-of-madness/#comment-20069 Finns det kvalitetsbloggar? at Det perfekta tomrummet Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:08:55 +0000 http://kugelmass.wordpress.com/2007/04/29/debunking-andrew-scull-michel-foucaults-history-of-madness/#comment-20069 [...] publicerades, liksom de debattinlägg som följde upp denna - och … några forskarbloggar (här och här, tex) skrivna av folk som uppenbarligen kunde mycket om Foucault: i just det fallet var [...] [...] publicerades, liksom de debattinlägg som följde upp denna – och … några forskarbloggar (här och här, tex) skrivna av folk som uppenbarligen kunde mycket om Foucault: i just det fallet var [...]

]]> By: Deploying Ignorance Usefully; my subject and my method « zunguzungu http://kugelmass.wordpress.com/2007/04/29/debunking-andrew-scull-michel-foucaults-history-of-madness/#comment-19902 Deploying Ignorance Usefully; my subject and my method « zunguzungu Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:10:25 +0000 http://kugelmass.wordpress.com/2007/04/29/debunking-andrew-scull-michel-foucaults-history-of-madness/#comment-19902 [...] kerfuffle which ensued–which I’ve been reading up on here and here–revolved partly around the question of whether or not Foucault’s responsible use of [...] [...] kerfuffle which ensued–which I’ve been reading up on here and here–revolved partly around the question of whether or not Foucault’s responsible use of [...]

]]> By: Barbara http://kugelmass.wordpress.com/2007/04/29/debunking-andrew-scull-michel-foucaults-history-of-madness/#comment-19898 Barbara Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:31:27 +0000 http://kugelmass.wordpress.com/2007/04/29/debunking-andrew-scull-michel-foucaults-history-of-madness/#comment-19898 While I too do not want to give up on Foucault, I agree with Scull that the type of systemic theorizing Foucault, and members of the anti-psychiatric movement, did was not particularly helpful to the mentally ill. When our institutions were emptied, thousands of mentally ill people, unable to take care of themselves, found themselves on the streets. That is the real. It seems strange to me that just when institutions were actually becoming very humane, when ECT was modified to the point where it was more helpful than harmful, when drugs became really effective - along came the theories of Foucault, Laing, Szaz, and of course by extension Kesey (ONe Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)and the institutions were emptied. If I were Foucault and had observed this phenomenon, I might attribute it to the State using the anti-psychiatric movement as an excuse to save money. While I too do not want to give up on Foucault, I agree with Scull that the type of systemic theorizing Foucault, and members of the anti-psychiatric movement, did was not particularly helpful to the mentally ill. When our institutions were emptied, thousands of mentally ill people, unable to take care of themselves, found themselves on the streets. That is the real. It seems strange to me that just when institutions were actually becoming very humane, when ECT was modified to the point where it was more helpful than harmful, when drugs became really effective – along came the theories of Foucault, Laing, Szaz, and of course by extension Kesey (ONe Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest)and the institutions were emptied. If I were Foucault and had observed this phenomenon, I might attribute it to the State using the anti-psychiatric movement as an excuse to save money.

]]> By: Svenska medier at Det perfekta tomrummet http://kugelmass.wordpress.com/2007/04/29/debunking-andrew-scull-michel-foucaults-history-of-madness/#comment-4466 Svenska medier at Det perfekta tomrummet Fri, 25 May 2007 08:50:53 +0000 http://kugelmass.wordpress.com/2007/04/29/debunking-andrew-scull-michel-foucaults-history-of-madness/#comment-4466 [...] The Valve, One Way Street, Foucault blog, The Kugelmass Episodes. [...] [...] The Valve, One Way Street, Foucault blog, The Kugelmass Episodes. [...]

]]> By: miso http://kugelmass.wordpress.com/2007/04/29/debunking-andrew-scull-michel-foucaults-history-of-madness/#comment-3036 miso Tue, 01 May 2007 03:48:23 +0000 http://kugelmass.wordpress.com/2007/04/29/debunking-andrew-scull-michel-foucaults-history-of-madness/#comment-3036 hmmm. hmmm. 'painful alliteration' eh. i don't really have anything to say here except your conclusion is thundering. i'm trying to read this while studying for my final exam in ideology. i figured it would help. it sort of did. actually, maybe i just don't get it. i'll try again. hmmm. hmmm. ‘painful alliteration’ eh.

i don’t really have anything to say here except your conclusion is thundering.
i’m trying to read this while studying for my final exam in ideology. i figured it would help. it sort of did. actually, maybe i just don’t get it. i’ll try again.

]]> By: New Scull essay « Foucault blog http://kugelmass.wordpress.com/2007/04/29/debunking-andrew-scull-michel-foucaults-history-of-madness/#comment-2953 New Scull essay « Foucault blog Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:17:38 +0000 http://kugelmass.wordpress.com/2007/04/29/debunking-andrew-scull-michel-foucaults-history-of-madness/#comment-2953 [...] Joseph Kugelmass has a new essay on Scull’s review of History of Madness (unfortunately it’s x-posted which means that comments on it appear in two places–1 post is enough [...] [...] Joseph Kugelmass has a new essay on Scull’s review of History of Madness (unfortunately it’s x-posted which means that comments on it appear in two places–1 post is enough [...]

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