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There are rumors that Foucault was promoted by CIA money. If it's true, it's likely because he was an anti-USSR French leftist as opposed to all the pro-USSR Fr
by slibhb 6y ago
There are rumors that Foucault was promoted by CIA money. If it's true, it's likely because he was an anti-USSR French leftist as opposed to all the pro-USSR French leftists.
- 13415 6y agoAs if Foucault has had any major influence. He's literally one among thousands of philosophers and by far not the most popular one. I'm working in a philosophy institute and of all 60+ researchers there is but one postdoc who takes Foucault as a basis of his own theorizing.
- slibhb 6y agoFoucault has had a huge amount of influence, though mostly not in philosophy. In my experience he's inescapable in the humanities. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Foucault#Influence_and_reception https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Foucault#Influence_and_...
- 13415 6y agoI work in the humanities and disagree. I know plenty of people in neighboring disciplines, too, and can assure you that you won't need to read Foucault in any of them if you don't want to.