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The Foucault Century

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The Foucault Century
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Michel Foucault, by some counts the world’s most cited author, was born a hundred years ago today. Though he died forty-two years ago, the controversial philosopher’s image remains remarkably cutting-edge. Foucault’s signature concepts—power/knowledge, panopticism, biopower—still sound deliciously subversive. Though he died too soon to be drawn into our never-ending culture wars, he continues to be associated—negatively or positively—with queer th

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