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Michel Foucault - Truth, Power, and Sexuality [Ep.81]

Logos Podcast

Guys, on this weeks episode, Logos takes on a hugely influential thinker of our times: Michel Foucault. Many people have not been exposed to Foucault by name, but they have been exposed to the language of Oppressor Vs. Oppressed, Institutionalized oppressors, Human de-constructivism, the need for a sexual revolution, the phrase "knowledge is power," and the sorts.  Foucaults philosophical spirit is indispensable to understanding our world today. Whether one agrees or disagrees with everything our culture proposes as socially beneficial, politically stable, or culturally acceptable, figures like Foucault are essential to understand the power (to use Foucaults language) behind modern mans thought process. In one sense, his discourse is employed all around us today. We are not experts on Foucault, but we seek to give our audience a general scope of some of his works and basic ideas. To be abundantly clear, we are neither disciples nor promotors of Foucault. Still, we see him as a person whose hermeneutic provides a gateway by which the common person can engage with the forces possessing our friends and family. For the audio recording of this episode and more like them, check us out on our website, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, TikTok, Instagram, and Patreon!  Website: logos-podcast.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCqauK7TPfOwe80B-ckOeelQ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3PCPWBvNcAbptX17PzlC2x?si=KYvG1NLjRii1a7Rvj5NQsQ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/logos/id1560191231 Patreon: http://patreon.com/logospodcast Instagram: @logos.pod TIkTok: @logospodcast Some of the sources used in this episode: [Primary sources of The Order Of Things, The Archaeology Of Knowledge, The Discourse On Language, and The History Of Sexuality] http://commons.princeton.edu/shakespeares-language/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2017/09/Foucault-The-Discourse-on-Language.pdf http://individual.utoronto.ca/bmclean/hermeneutics/foucault_suppl/DOL_outline.htm https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/foucault/ https://www.vox.com/features/2019/11/11/18273141/postmodernism-donald-trump-lyotard-baudrillard https://youtu.be/BBJTeNTZtGU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i63_kAw3WmE&t=320s https://youtu.be/Py_4NBfCDnU Support the show