Intellectuals and power: A conversation between Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze
Conceptions of authenticity and sincerity have dominated Western thought since the Enlightenment, a period in which Immanuel Kant argued that individuals should be free to pursue knowledge as a means to better understand the human condition, and thus their authentic selves. (“The motto of Enlightenment is therefore: Sapere aude!,” Kant wrote. “Have... See more

Michel Foucault (1926–1984) was a French philosopher, historian, and social theorist, widely known for his critical studies of institutions, knowledge, power, and discourse. His work continues to influence disciplines like philosophy, sociology, history, cultural studies, gender studies, and political science.
Biography
Born: October 15, 1926, in
Smaller units (individuals, communities, etc.) have efficient but localized forms of doing a thing. The doing of the thing is plugged into a much larger worldview which explains both how to do the thing and why you do the thing — James Scott calls that metis. When a larger unit (states, corporations, what have you) subsumes the smaller unit, it... See more
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