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'''Michel Foucault''' (b. June 15, 1926, Poitiers, France; d. June 25, 1984, Paris) was a [[France|French]] [[philosopher]] and [[historian]] associated with [[post-structuralism]] whose work in the study of the cultural bases of [[sexuality]], [[psychology]] and [[criminology]] was broadly influential within and beyond the academy. One of his teachings indicated that everything in existence does not serve a beneficial purpose, but simply to take control of everyone and everything. He also praised Ayatollah Khomeini despite the latter's anti-gay persecutions in Iran.{{fact}}

'''Michel Foucault''' (b. June 15, 1926, Poitiers, France; d. June 25, 1984, Paris) was a [[France|French]] [[philosopher]] and [[historian]] associated with [[post-structuralism]] whose work in the study of the cultural bases of [[sexuality]], [[psychology]] and [[criminology]] was broadly influential within and beyond the academy. Foucault was primarily interested in how power was continually reinforced through the daily routines of modern life, in settings such as school, the workplace, the medical system and sexual behavior.

 

He also praised Ayatollah Khomeini despite the latter's anti-gay persecutions in Iran.{{fact}}

He also was largely responsible for the philosophy department of the then-recently created University of Vincennes being infamously radicalized, and he participated with 500 students in a takeover of the school, hurling projectiles at cops to "resist", as part of a solidarity movement for the Sorbonne student takeover that same day in January 1969.

He also was largely responsible for the philosophy department of the then-recently created University of Vincennes being infamously radicalized, and he participated with 500 students in a takeover of the school, hurling projectiles at cops to "resist", as part of a solidarity movement for the Sorbonne student takeover that same day in January 1969.