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I did not get that impression. But I do recognize the dense style common on the humanities academic field. It can throw some people off at first.
by gcblkjaidfj 6y ago
I did not get that impression. But I do recognize the dense style common on the humanities academic field. It can throw some people off at first.
- sandworm101 6y agoOne paragraph has four parentheticals. I wonder which humanities background, other than Law, finds that acceptable.
- gcblkjaidfj 6y agoFoucault nests parenthetical with mdashs (or greek-comma, as some people call them in latin languages), so...
- beervirus 6y agoThere are a lot of things to love about Foucault's writing. It's not exactly a model of clarity and concision though.
- beervirus 6y agoI'm a lawyer, and I would never write in such an intentionally obtuse style.
- gcblkjaidfj 6y agoSaying that legalese is not intentionally obtuse is the real flex :)