Michel Foucault Quotes on Freedom
Michel Foucault was a 20th-century French philosopher, historian, and social theorist, one of the most influential figures of post-war continental philosophy. This page collects quotes attributed to Michel Foucault on the topic of freedom, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Michel Foucault:
“Where there is power, there is resistance.”
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Attributed to Michel Foucault:
“I don't feel that it is necessary to know exactly what I am.”
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Attributed to Michel Foucault:
“Visibility is a trap.”
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Attributed to Michel Foucault:
“Maybe the target nowadays is not to discover what we are, but to refuse what we are.”
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Attributed to Michel Foucault:
“The strategic adversary is fascism: the fascism in us all, in our heads and in our everyday behaviour.”
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Attributed to Michel Foucault:
“The soul is the prison of the body.”