The Bleak Genius of Michel Foucault

Tuesday marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Michel Foucault. Four decades since complications from AIDS brought his career to a premature end, the French philosopher—a role he both embraced and pushed away—continues to top rankings of the most-cited scholars in the humanities.

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Knowledge, for Foucault, is not just what we know. It is who we are. It defines our options, not just intellectually, but in all respects.

Source: 40 years after his death Michel Foucault’s philosophy still speaks to a world saturated with social media