Michel Foucault
Birthday
1926/10/15
Day of death
1984/06/25 (57 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Poitiers, Vienne, France
Also know as
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Biography
Paul-Michel Foucault (15 October 1926 – 25 June 1984) was a French philosopher, historian of ideas, writer, political activist, and literary critic. Foucault's theories primarily address the relationships between power and knowledge, and how they are used as a form of social control through societal institutions. Though often cited as a structuralist and postmodernist, Foucault rejected these labels. His thought has influenced academics, especially those working in communication studies, anthrop...Read more
Acting
(2021) Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande
as Self (archive footage)
(1965) Philosophie et psychologie
as Lui-même
(1972) Bachelard parmi nous ou l'héritage invisible
as Lui-même
(1965) Philosophie et vérité
as Himself
(2022) The Angst and the Bliss
as (voice)
(2024) Michel Foucault: Knowledge and Power at SOAS and beyond
as Himself
(1993) Michel Foucault: Beyond Good and Evil
as Self
(2003) Michel Foucault par lui-même
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
(2016) Vincennes, l'université perdue
as Self (archive footage)
(2014) Foucault Against Himself
as Himself (archive footage)
(1971) The Chomsky - Foucault Debate: On Human Nature
as Himself
(1978) À propos de Pierre Rivière
as ---
(1975) Apostrophes
as Self