Measure for measure: a response to Steven Mailloux

Authors

J. Frow

Abstract

Steven Mailloux tells two stories from Foucault about the birth of Truth in the 'historical division' between an older, performative mode of truth-telling and a mode of truth based in the claim to separateness from untruth. The first story is taken from Foucault's inaugural lecture at the College de France, 'The Order of Discourse' , the second from a summary of a lecture series published in English as 'History of Systems of Thought'. My response is focused on a conflict over the interpretation of these stories.

Recommended Citation

Frow, J., Measure for measure: a response to Steven Mailloux, Law Text Culture, 3, 1997, 158-161.
Available at:https://ro.uow.edu.au/ltc/vol3/iss1/11