Understanding Foucault

Through his writings, Michel Foucault proclaims not only that God is dead, but that man is also dying. He examines objects deemed unworthy that have never been taken into account by philosophy. This is the case with crime, madness, sexuality, the excesses of literature and evil. He offers an extraordinary history of them. Instead of understanding our societies through what they exhibit, Foucault emphasizes what they hide in order to reveal a new image, another photograph of our values. This short essay allows us to understand a complex thinker and a philosophy that uses a sledgehammer to demolish the idols of modernity.