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Michel Foucault, Chaos Goblin

Michel Foucault, Chaos Goblin

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Christopher Cook
Jan 28, 2023
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Say what you will about Noam Chomsky, but in this debate with Michel Foucault (below), he comes off as thoughtful and quite brilliant. Foucault, by contrast, is an avatar of destruction. For those who played D&D back in the day…he is the personification of chaotic evil.

Understanding why requires some familiarity with the broader ideas of Postmodernism …

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