Michel Foucault

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"I am interested in the past only insofar as it is active in the present."

Michel Foucault

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"We think that freedom is a right, but it is more than this—it is our very existence."

Michel Foucault

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"The 'truth' is always about power relations."

Michel Foucault

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"Confession is a ritual of discourse."

Michel Foucault

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"If there is no possibility of resistance, there would be no power relations."

Michel Foucault

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"Knowledge is power."

Michel Foucault

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"People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do."

Michel Foucault

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"All theory is created by and is useful for human beings."

Michel Foucault

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"Discourse is not simply that which translates struggles."

Michel Foucault

The History of Sexuality·Buy on Amazon

"Where there is power, there is resistance."

Michel Foucault

The History of Sexuality·Buy on Amazon