Foucault was the one person I met in France that I could talk to. He was a mensch. You know whether you agree with him or not because you know what he is saying.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I spoke Franglais growing up.
The French are very individualistic.
Foucault's genius is to go down to the little dramas, dress them in facts hardly anyone else has noticed, and turn these stage settings into clues to a hitherto un-thought series of confrontations out of which, he contends, the orderly structure of society is composed.
I am the most un-French Frenchman you will ever meet.
I loved France, although I initially thought they were stubborn for always speaking French.
I am Parisian. I don't love the French.
By the way, the secret of speaking French is confidence. Whether you are right or wrong, you don't hesitate.
I do consider myself as being French, I suppose.
In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert?
Foucault is one of many who want a new conception of how power and knowledge interact. But he is not looking for a relation between two givens, 'power' and 'knowledge.' As always, he is trying to rethink the entire subject matter, and his 'knowledge' and 'power' are to be something else.