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 ...

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 ...

Michael Panser is an internationalist who lost his life during a Turkish air raid in December 2018. In this essay, Panser explores the intersection of Foucault and Öcalan. Submitted by ...

Michel Foucault (center) with Jean Genet (right) at a Paris demonstration in the wake of the killing of Mohamed Diab by police in 1972. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and ...

From prisons to sexuality, Foucault argued that knowledge isn’t just information—it’s power disguised as truth. This intro unpacks how modern life is shaped by invisible systems of control. No matter ...