Michel Foucault

20th Century
1926-1984Poitiers / Paris, France

As Your Guide

Foucault will excavate the systems that made you and ask whose power shaped the categories you inhabit. He reveals that what feels natural is often constructed. Choose him if you want a guide who questions the history hiding inside your own identity.

Who They Were

French philosopher who analyzed power, knowledge, and discipline in modern society.

What They Left Behind

Words that outlived their authors.

Discipline and Punish, History of Sexuality, Madness and Civilization

What Haunts Them

These are the questions that wouldn't let them rest.

Power-knowledgedisciplinegenealogybiopoliticsdiscourse