Person
Michel Foucault
Historian and philosopher of power, knowledge, and institutions—discipline, surveillance, and how subjects are formed.
Why this matters
Foucault sharpens readings of how systems shape visibility, compliance, and what counts as normal.
Works4 sources
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Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
Foucault, Michel. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. Translated by Alan Sheridan. New York: Vintage Books, 1977.
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Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972–1977
Foucault, Michel. Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972–1977. New York: Pantheon Books, 1980.
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"Society Must Be Defended": Lectures at the Collège de France, 1975–76
Foucault, Michel. "Society Must Be Defended": Lectures at the Collège de France, 1975–76. New York: Picador, 2003.
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The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences
Foucault, Michel. The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences. New York: Pantheon Books, 1970.
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Related books3 books
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Living in Sediment
How Structures Outlive Their Reasons
We live inside inherited systems built for constraints that no longer exist. When structures survive after their reasons disappear, meaning drifts—and the danger is forgetting the sediment is sediment.
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When Interpretation No Longer Matters
Authority When Understanding No Longer Governs
When interpretation loses public consequence while understanding persists—and what kinds of authority remain when hearing no longer becomes legitimacy, accountability, or repair.
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When Others Look to You
Renewal and Erosion in Leadership
A leadership field guide to how influence forms, how trust is renewed, and how erosion begins when responsibility drifts from practice.
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