FOUCAULT, Michel

  • Era: 1926 - 1984
  • Location: France
  • Categories: PHILOSOPHY

Marxist-minded interpreter of popular ideas and attitudes especially in regard to criminality, ill health and mental illness, and sexual identity. ‘Deviance’ is exposed as providing a rationalisation for the exercise of power. He enjoyed prompting people to see the world differently, as in his reports from Iran.

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Video

'The Lost Interview' (English subtitles) (16 mins)