“Sometimes I fear that the young are so impressed with change and revolution, with the instrumental nature of political ideology, that they ignore what’s going on in the present.”— Michel Foucault, monoskop.orgTagged: Romantic Notions of Revolution
“The type of sex they want to know about is the vulgar type which sells their magazines and has nothing to do with the poetic sensibility, sensuality, the appreciation of bodily love, the family of emotions and attitudes one can follow from Greek times to the Victorian era, where interest in sexualit…”— Michel Foucault, monoskop.orgTagged: Sexual Appetites, Restraint As Sexual
“Politics should not subsume your whole life as if you were a hot rabbit.”— Michel Foucault, monoskop.orgTagged: Overcoming Political Addictions, Political Landscapes
“Search for what is good and strong and beautiful in your society and elaborate from there.”— Michel Foucault, monoskop.orgTagged: Don't Be Negative, Against Negativity, Celebrate, Don't Criticize, Find Joy
“I say study history, not the future. Study history to prepare for the future.”— Michel Foucault, monoskop.orgTagged: History, The Past Is The Future, Conservation