DOI: 10.4231/r7pv6hkk
title: Foucault: Lecture 7, 10 December 1985

description: &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Deleuze Seminars&lt;/em&gt; is a collection of audio recordings, transcriptions, and English translations of, and supplemental materials from, the lectures French philosopher Gilles Deleuze gave during his career at the University of Paris 8.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&quot;Foucault&quot; was a 25-lecture seminar given from October 1985 to May 1986. In these lectures, Deleuze offers his interpretation and analysis of French philosopher Michel Foucault&#39;s work. Examining the theoretical foundations and major themes of Foucault&#39;s philosophy, Deleuze dedicates several lectures to each of what he calls the &quot;three axes&quot; of Foucault&#39;s thought. This seminar coincides with the publication of Deleuze&#39;s book &lt;em&gt;Foucault&lt;/em&gt; (1986).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In the 10 December 1985 lecture, topics of discussion include: the visible and the statable, and capture and violence between the two forms; a criticism of intentionality, and of phenomenology; Magritte&#39;s &quot;This Is Not a Pipe&quot;; Roussel, the condition and the conditioned (&lt;em&gt;le conditionn&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&eacute;&lt;/em&gt;) of the visible and the statable, the regime of dissemination of statements and visibilities, and the sole relationship of exteriority (contrary to Kant); the visual grid (&lt;em&gt;le quadrillage&lt;/em&gt;) in the open air (&lt;em&gt;&agrave; l&#39;air libre&lt;/em&gt;), exile, and confinement; the French cultural theorist and philosopher Paul Virilio; that the condition posits the conditioned as dispersed; the mutual captures of the statement (spontaneity or determination) and of visibility (receptivity); that Foucault is Kantian; Roussel and the determination and flight (&lt;em&gt;la fuite&lt;/em&gt;) of visibility; the Swiss-German artist Paul Klee; that according to Foucault, no such a thing as &quot;untamed&quot; knowledge (&lt;em&gt;le savoir sauvage&lt;/em&gt;) can exist; the dualism of knowledge and dualism in general, Truth (Descartes), the subjective (Kant), and philosophies of the One or monism (with consideration of Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza and French philosopher Henri Bergson); Foucault and the dispersion of words; Plato&#39;s weaving (&lt;em&gt;tissage&lt;/em&gt;), and his dialogue &lt;em&gt;The Statesman&lt;/em&gt; (&lt;em&gt;Le politique&lt;/em&gt;); knowledge (&lt;em&gt;le savoir&lt;/em&gt;) as an interweaving of the visible and the statement, and historical formations; the relationships of power; that power is not a form, but rather an informal element that explains (&lt;em&gt;qui rend compte&lt;/em&gt;) knowledge relationships; the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges and infamy; crime, incest, and French film and theater director Ren&eacute; Allio&#39;s film, &lt;em&gt;Moi, Pierre Rivi&egrave;re...&lt;/em&gt;; Foucault&#39;s essay &quot;The Lives of Infamous Men&quot;; sealed letters (&lt;em&gt;les lettres de cachet&lt;/em&gt;); voluntary placement; and Foucault&#39;s &lt;em&gt;The Archeology of Knowledge&lt;/em&gt; and the statement.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This dataset includes: five mp3 recordings of the lecture (total time, 2:46:56), an aggregate version of the audio recordings into a single mp3, and the complete French transcription of the recorded lecture in both pdf (32 pp) and plain text.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Les S&eacute;minaires de Deleuze&lt;/em&gt; sont une collection d&#39;enregistrements audio, de transcriptions et de traductions en anglais et de documents compl&eacute;mentaires des conf&eacute;rences que le philosophe fran&ccedil;ais Gilles Deleuze a donn&eacute; lors de sa carri&egrave;re &agrave; l&#39;Universit&eacute; de Paris 8.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&laquo;Foucault&raquo; &eacute;tait un s&eacute;minaire de 25 conf&eacute;rences donn&eacute; d&#39;octobre 1985 &agrave; mai 1986. Dans ces conf&eacute;rences, Deleuze offre son interpr&eacute;tation et son analyse de l&rsquo;&oelig;uvre du philosophe fran&ccedil;ais Michel Foucault. En examinant les fondements th&eacute;oriques et les th&egrave;mes majeurs de la philosophie de Foucault, Deleuze consacre plusieurs conf&eacute;rences &agrave; chacun de ce qu&#39;il appelle les &laquo;trois axes&raquo; de la pens&eacute;e de Foucault. Ce s&eacute;minaire co&iuml;ncide avec la publication du livre de Deleuze &lt;em&gt;Foucault&lt;/em&gt; (1986).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dans la conf&eacute;rence du 10 d&eacute;cembre 1985, les sujets de discussion comprennent: le visible et l&#39;&eacute;nonҫable, et la capture et la violence entre les deux formes; une critique de l&#39;intentionnalit&eacute; et de la ph&eacute;nom&eacute;nologie; le &lt;em&gt;Ceci n&rsquo;est pas une pipe&lt;/em&gt; de Magritte; Roussel, la condition et le conditionn&eacute; du visible et de l&#39;&eacute;nonҫable, le r&eacute;gime de la diss&eacute;mination des &eacute;nonc&eacute;s et des visibilit&eacute;s, et le seul rapport de l&#39;ext&eacute;riorit&eacute; (contrairement &agrave; Kant); le quadrillage &agrave; l&#39;air libre, l&#39;exil et l&rsquo;enfermement; le th&eacute;oricien culturel et philosophe fran&ccedil;ais Paul Virilio; que la condition pose le conditionn&eacute; comme dispers&eacute;; les captures mutuelles de l&#39;&eacute;nonc&eacute; (spontan&eacute;it&eacute; ou d&eacute;termination) et de la visibilit&eacute; (la r&eacute;ceptivit&eacute;); que Foucault est kantien; Roussel et la d&eacute;termination et la fuite de la visibilit&eacute;; l&#39;artiste suisse-allemand Paul Klee; que selon Foucault, il n&#39;existe pas de savoir sauvage; le dualisme du savoir et le dualisme en g&eacute;n&eacute;ral, le Vrai (Descartes), le subjectif (Kant) et les philosophies de l&#39;Un ou monisme (avec la consid&eacute;ration du philosophe n&eacute;erlandais Baruch Spinoza et du philosophe fran&ccedil;ais Henri Bergson); Foucault et la dispersion des mots; le tissage de Platon et son dialogue &lt;em&gt;Le politique&lt;/em&gt;; le savoir comme un entrelacement du visible et de l&#39;&eacute;nonc&eacute;, et les formations historiques; les rapports du pouvoir; que ce pouvoir n&#39;est pas une forme, mais plut&ocirc;t un &eacute;l&eacute;ment informel qui rend compte des relations de savoir; l&#39;&eacute;crivain argentin Jorge Luis Borges et l&#39;infamie; le crime, l&#39;inceste et le film du r&eacute;alisateur de cin&eacute;ma et de th&eacute;&acirc;tre fran&ccedil;ais Ren&eacute; Allio, &lt;em&gt;Moi, Pierre Rivi&egrave;re...&lt;/em&gt;; l&#39;essai de Foucault &lt;em&gt;La vie des hommes inf&acirc;mes&lt;/em&gt;; les lettres de cachet; le placement volontaire; et &lt;em&gt;L&#39;arch&eacute;ologie du savoir&lt;/em&gt; de Foucault et l&#39;&eacute;nonc&eacute;.&lt;/p&gt;
description: Lecture given by French philosopher Gilles Deleuze at the University of Paris 8, 10 December 1985. This is lecture 7 of a 25-lecture seminar Deleuze taught between October 1985 and May 1986.