We cannot understand the world around us without a sophisticated understanding of the complex but intimate relationship between knowledge and power. One of the most influential philosophers of the ...

Michel Foucault (1926-1984) was a French philosopher, writer and historian. He wrote about and discussed many topics, and often his ideas caused controversy. Foucault’s speeches and writings helped ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Michel Foucault was one of the most famous thinkers of the late 20th century,achieving celebrity-like status before his untimely death in 1984. His academic career ...

‘Parrhesia’: the radical destruction of impunity What does it actually mean to speak truth to power? In his final two lectures, Michel Foucault discussed the risk involved and the courage required, ...

With the rise of the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment, "the moment has come for the publication of this major and original work", Foucault's editor Frédéric Gros said. His literary executors ...

The French historian of discourse, Michel Foucault, made a clear distinction between the "archive" and the method that he describes as archaeological. While this method does not require a trowel to ...

Feminists have analysed the powerless extensively. There are theories about discrimination on the basis of sex, race, class and religion as well as sexuality, disability, age and culture. What often ...