Foucault, Michel(1926–1984) Michel Foucault, though trained in philosophy, never considered himself a professional philosopher. Still, his research into the historical formation of truth, power relations, and modes of recognition regarded as...

(born October 15, 1926, Poitiers, France—died June 25, 1984, Paris) French philosopher and historian, one of the most influential and controversial scholars of the post-World War II period. Education and career The son and grandson of a...

Michel Foucault (1926–1984), who was born in Poitiers, France on October 15 and died in Paris of AIDS on June 25, was a controversial philosopher whose interdisciplinary work has important if indirect implications for science, technology, and...

Michel Foucault, the French philosopher, was successively a university teacher, professor at Clermont-Ferrand, Paris-Vincennes, and from 1970, professor of the history of systems of thought at the College de France. At first sight—and on account...

(born Oct. 15, 1926, Poitiers, France—died June 25, 1984, Paris) French structuralist philosopher and historian. A professor at the Collège de France from 1970, he examined the codes and concepts by which societies operate, especially the...

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