According to a recent analysis, Michel Foucault has 1.42 million citations on Google Scholar, which is roughly 75% more than any other author in history.
I'm a lit student and I was recently introduced to foucault's "Discipline and Punish," especially his concept (which he derived from Bentham) of panopticism and docile body. it blew me away! reading this was freshening!
I'm a lit student and I was recently introduced to foucault's "Discipline and Punish," especially his concept (which he derived from Bentham) of panopticism and docile body. it blew me away! reading this was freshening!
I'm an English professor and also love studying critical theory, and Foucault has been a mainstay in my work. Great read!
Thank you, Kelly.
Because he gives people a good excuse for being evil?
Guy thinks philosophy is a fame competition. So cringe
I wonder how many of the people citing his inscrutable, nihilistic work know about this:
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/4/16/reckoning-with-foucaults-sexual-abuse-of-boys-in-tunisia
No he ain't, Dostoevsky is