Michel Foucault

Just a French philosopher, historian of ideas, social theorist and literary critic.
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[Michel Foucault @mi_foucault_]

My work was based off of power and sexuality, I am proud to see that sexuality is not viewed nearly as horrible as it has in the past when power simply opposed and repressed this topic. There is still work to be done, sexuality has to be understood through power! #SOC308 10/10

[Michel Foucault @mi_foucault_]

Sociology allowed me to become one of the most influential and controversial scholars post-World War II. One of my most popular works "The History of Sexuality" started the increase of accepting studies to be done on gay, lesbian and queer theory. #SOC308 9/10

[Michel Foucault @mi_foucault_]

Power being used in the government! They use their power and knowledge to restrict movement and close non essential businesses and could potentially be used to access testing about cures. #SOC308 8/10

[Michel Foucault @mi_foucault_]

Power is defined as the ability to influence others.Knowledge is facts and information skills acquired by a person through experience or education. #SOC308 8/10

[Michel Foucault @mi_foucault_]

I believe that power is based on knowledge and makes use of knowledge by shaping it with anonymous intentions. I also think everyone holds some power, we all control our own actions. #SOC308 8/10

[Michel Foucault @mi_foucault_]

What is power? What is knowledge? Who can hold power? What makes someone knowledgeable? How is power being used during the COVID-19 outbreak? #whatatimetobealiveagain #SOC308 7/10

[Michel Foucault @mi_foucault_]

And this has caused the misunderstanding of how power operates in modern societies.#SOC308 6/10

[Michel Foucault @mi_foucault_]

I was interested in power and social change. I studied this when France shifted from a monarchy to democracy by the France Revolution. We have simplified this transition by viewing it as an ongoing achievement of freedom and reason. #SOC308 6/10

[Michel Foucault @mi_foucault_]

I was taught by Jean Hyppolite, who is an existentialist, at Lycee Henri-IV. I was mentored by Louis Althusser, who is a French Marxist philosopher. With my mentor’s assistance, I also adapted Marxism as my theoretical perspective. #SOC308 5/10

[Michel Foucault @mi_foucault_]

Many of my theories address power & knowledge and how they are used as social control through societal institutions. My theory of power begins on a micro-level in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. #SOC308 4/10

[Michel Foucault @mi_foucault_]

I wrote the book Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings in 1980 which altered the understanding of institutions in Western society. Power and knowledge have always been a theme in the social sciences. #SOC308 3/10

[Michel Foucault @mi_foucault_]

I then wrote The History of Sexuality that emphasized the role that power plays in a society. #SOC308 2/10

[Michel Foucault @mi_foucault_]

To start off my career, by earning a degree in philosophy and psychology at the University of Paris. Several years later I published my first book, The History of Madness. I then went on to write more books on structuralism but then distanced myself from that. #SOC308 2/10

[Michel Foucault @mi_foucault_]

Hello, my name is Michel Foucault (foo-KOH)! I was born October 1926 in Poitiers, France. I am a French historian and philosopher. Primarily my theories address power and knowledge and how they are used as a from of social control in society. #SOC208 1/10