Need help finding passages where Foucault concentrates on the concept of the episteme in his The Order of Things. Would also like some help with comparing this concept to Kuhn's paradigm idea. [more inside]
posted by coraline on Dec 11, 2009 - 2 answers

Does Foucault, or do any other another philosophers, expand upon what is said in "Des espaces autres" in any other publication? [more inside]
posted by bode well carapace on Nov 13, 2009 - 4 answers

I am 96% sure that I have read/heard from a reputable source that murderers, especially serial killers, are an inherent reflection of Western society, and that both actual murderers and fictional portrayals are important significant elements. Part A: Is this just a half-remembered bit of dialogue from some prime-time criminal procedural, and Part B: if not, where is it from? [more inside]
posted by sarahkeebs on Mar 24, 2008 - 11 answers

Can you identify this photo of a precocious little girl curled up with the Foucault Reader? [more inside]
posted by EL-O-ESS on Nov 12, 2007 - 5 answers

Explain Foucault to me like I was a 10 year old. [more inside]
posted by trinarian on Sep 16, 2006 - 24 answers