Paul-Michel Foucault, known as Michel Foucault, born 15 October 1926 and died 25 June 1984, was a French philosopher, literary critic, and historian of ideas who analyzed the relationships between power, knowledge, and liberty and how they function as forms of social control through institutions. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Foucault's multi-volume The History of Sexuality (from 1976) is the single most cited modern text in the philosophy of sex, reframing sexuality as a historically constructed discourse.
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Paul-Michel Foucault, known as Michel Foucault, (15 October 1926 - 25 June 1984) was a French philosopher, literary critic, and historian of ideas who analyzed the relationships between power, knowledge, and liberty.
View the Source Achille Mbembe (Wikipedia)
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Mbembe claims that Michel Foucault's concept of biopower, as an assemblage of disciplinary power and biopolitics, is no longer sufficient to explain these contemporary forms of subjugation.
Giorgio Agamben (Wikipedia)
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His recent writings also elaborate on the concepts of Michel Foucault, whom he calls "a scholar from whom I have learned a great deal in recent years".
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