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[[Image:Foucault.jpg|thumb|Michel Foucault]]'''Michel Foucault''' (15 October 1926 – 25 June 1984) was a highly influential | [[Image:Foucault.jpg|thumb|Michel Foucault]]'''Michel Foucault''' (15 October 1926 – 25 June 1984) was a highly influential French historian and social theorist known for his critical studies of social institutions, most notably psychiatry, medicine, the human sciences, and the [[prison]] system, as well as for his work on the history of human [[sexuality]]. His work on power, and the relationships among power, knowledge, and discourse have also been widely discussed. | ||
==The History of Sexuality== | ==The History of Sexuality== | ||
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Michel Foucault (15 October 1926 – 25 June 1984) was a highly influential French historian and social theorist known for his critical studies of social institutions, most notably psychiatry, medicine, the human sciences, and the prison system, as well as for his work on the history of human sexuality. His work on power, and the relationships among power, knowledge, and discourse have also been widely discussed.
The History of Sexuality
Our own article summarises Foucault's 1984 text The History of Sexuality.