Michel Foucault
| Foucault,
Michel (1926-1984), born in Poitiers. He studied philosophy
and psychology at the Eécole Normale Supérieure
in Paris. During the 1960s, he served as head of the
philosophy departments at the University of Clermont-Ferrand
and the University of Vincennes (officially known as
the Vincennes Experimental University Centre). In 1970
he was elected to the College de France, where he took
the title of Professor of the History of Systems of
Thought. During the 1970s and 1980s his international
reputation grew as he lectured all over the world. |
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