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As 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
by 13415 6y ago
As 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.