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Re:The Bleak Genius of Michel Foucault by slowhadoken on Friday June 28, 2024 @09:25PM (#40827153)
Incorrect. After their debate Chomsky said "he struck me as completely amoral, I'd never met anyone who was so totally amoral". Chomsky doesn't think Foucault has a philosophy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9js6LdkRE6Y&t=263s
Re:The Bleak Genius of Michel Foucault by paulpauper on Saturday June 29, 2024 @12:45AM (#40827934)
full quote

"He struck me as completely amoral, id never met anyone who was so totally amoral" ... "I mean, I liked him personally, it's just that I couldn't make sense of him. It's as if he was from a different species, or something."

this is a far cry from calling him a morally bankrupt person

Re:The Bleak Genius of Michel Foucault by slowhadoken on Saturday June 29, 2024 @01:35AM (#40828108)