Michel Foucault
Personal Info
Known for
Writing
From
Poitiers, Vienne, France
Born
10/15/1926
Age
98
Credit(s)
12
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 structurali ...Show More
