Michel Foucault

As part of his highly influential 1979 essay, 'What is an Author?', French theorist Michel Foucault reflects on the symbiosis of writing and death in literature: [...] The second theme is even more familiar: it is the kinship between writing and death. This relationship inverts the age-old conception of Greek narrative or epic, which was designed to guarantee the immortality of a hero. The hero accepted an early death because his life, consecrated and magnified by death, passed into immortality; and the narrative redeemed his acceptance of death. In a different sense, Arabic stories, and The Arabian Nights in particular, had as their motivation, ... Read Full Story

Excerpted from James Miller, The Passion of Michel Foucault : 'Foucault's own youthful epiphany was not nearly so sudden. It all began, as he later recalled, in a darkened theater one night in the winter of 1953. 'The curtain went up, and revealed a barren set. Just the skeleton of a tree. On stage appeared two tramps. "Nothing to be done," says one. "I'm beginning to come round to that opinion," says the other. 'Of no discernible age or calling, the tramps chatter idly. '"What about hanging ourselves," says one. '"Hmmm. It'd give us an erection," says the other. '"An erection! ... Let's hang ... Read Full Story

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In this article we will talk about writing such interesting papers as essays on Foucault.   So, what do you know about Michel Foucault? First of all, we should admit that he was not only a great philosopher, but also a historian, sociologist and critic.   Here are several ideas that you may use for writing essays on Foucault: You may start essays on Foucault with a description of his works and the impact they had on sciences. His writings served as a basis for different applied sciences. You may underline in your essay on Foucault that this philosopher turned out to be a ... Read Full Story

Tonight, as K washed the dishes and I packed tomorrow's lunches, we sang The Michel Foucault Song. The Michel Foucault Song came with K. [Sort of a packaged deal.] For as long as I have known him, this song has been K's special serenade to week nights. Tonight, we taught the song to our children. And, to the tune of For He's a Jolly Good Fellow, it goes a little something like this... "I'm reproducing my labor, I'm reproducing my labor, I'm reproducing my LAAAAYYYYBOOOOR... so I can sell it to The Man." Now that my children know The Michel Foucault Song, perhaps they ... Read Full Story