Michel Foucault in Full Light for the Centenary of His Birth
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Paris, 15 Oct (EFE).- The French philosopher and historian Michel Foucault (1926–1984), one of the most influential intellectuals of the 20th century, would have turned this Thursday 100 years as the most cited author in the world in the field of human sciences, where he is remembered for his theories about power. Born in Poitiers, in [...] La entrada Foucault, the most cited author in the world in human sciences 100 years after his birth was fi…
Imagine a prison where no one knows when they are being watched, but everyone behaves as if they are constantly being watched. It was this model of the Panopticum conceived by Jeremy Bentham that made Michel Foucault one of the most recognizable thinkers of the 20th century. In his book Supervision and Punishment, he does not only tell the history of prisons, but shows how discipline permeates the school, the barracks, the factory and the hospit…
More than 40 years have passed since his death, but the influence of the French philosopher is unbroken. He was an irrepressible, special thinker of the last century who was able to change the questions we ask about the obvious.
The concept of power became an obsession for him: A hundred years ago the French philosopher and historian Michel Foucault was born. His theory is full of contradictions, but his influence can hardly be overestimated.
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