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Michel Foucault Quotes:

Ocupation: Philosopher

Life: October 15, 1926 - June 25, 1984

Birthday: October 15

Death: June 25

The real political task in a society such as ours is to criticize the workings of institutions that appear to be both neutral and independent, to criticize and attack them in such a manner that the political violence that has always exercised itself obscurely through them will be unmasked, so that one can fight against them.

- Michel Foucault

source: Noam Chomsky, Michel Foucault (2006). “The Chomsky - Foucault Debate: On Human Nature”, p.41, The New Press

topic: Real, Independent, Fighting, Political Violence

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