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Michel Foucault

French philosopher (1926–1984)

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Michel Foucault

Foucault in 1974

Born

Paul-Michel Foucault


15 October 1926

Poitiers, France

Died25 June 1984(1984-06-25) (aged 57)

Paris, France

Education
Notable work
PartnerDaniel Defert
RegionWestern philosophy
School
Institutions
Theses
Doctoral advisorGeorges Canguilhem
Other academic advisorsJean Hyppolite

Main interests

Ethics, historical epistemology, history of ideas, philosophy of literature, philosophy of technology, political philosophy

Notable ideas

Biopower (biopolitics), disciplinary institution, discourse analysis, discursive formation, dispositif, épistémè, "archaeology", "Carceral archipelago", "genealogy", governmentality, heterotopia, gaze, limit-experience, power-knowledge, panopticism, subjectivation (assujettissement), parrhesia, epimeleia heaut

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