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Foucault and technology. Technologies of the distributed Self

Question commonly addressed in reference to important philosophers would be “what can we learn from this or that philosopher, in this case what can we learn from Foucault today?” However, one could also re-phrase this common question and ask “what Foucault can learn from us?” Or in other words, is there is anything in today's social/political/economic reality that would have a deep influence on basic Foucault's notions such as his notions of subject, ideology and ethics? If there is one thing that could be described as fundamental paradigmatic shift that took place after the year 1984, the year of Foucault's death, that would be a shift related (but not limited to) a changes in media technologies. It is a change from centralized media technologies to decentralized (or “distributed” technologies as some theoreticians insist). Distributed technologies that combine each other are: digital technology and the Internet. Major differences between centralized and distributed technologies is the fact that those are the first technologies that are at the same time communicational technologies (like telephone or telegraph) and mass-media technologies (television, radio, newspaper). The question is has this shift have anything with Foucault?

technologies of the Self ; Foucault ; technology ; Kant ; Enligtenment ; Dolar

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