The work of the late French social theorist and philosopher Michel Foucault has had a tremendous impact on progressive and leftist movements in the United States and around the world in recent decades ...

__1851: __ Léon Foucault uses a pendulum to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth. It is the first direct visual evidence not based on watching the stars circle in the sky. Jean Bernard Léon Foucault ...

If you’re looking for Daniel Rodriguez-Navas, you’ll find him firmly at the intersection of ethics and the history of philosophy. You’ll also find him in an office at The New School of Social Research ...

Jeffrey Foucault picked up a guitar when he was 17 and just couldn't put it down. Coming of age in Wisconsin, he used every spare moment cooking up new songs and immediately making recordings so he ...

Jeffrey Foucault had the late British poet Basil Bunting’s Advice to Young Poets tacked up on his desk and followed most of its treads, such as “Compose aloud” and “Put your poem away till you forget ...

Experts have taken over our lives. They rule us not so much through law as through constant, pervasive coercion, exercised through institutions outside the state. Setting themselves up as secular ...

Foucault pendulums are a popular feature in science museums around the world. This one hangs out in the National Museum of Science and Technology in Milan, Italy. Photo: sylvar/Flickr __1851: __ Léon ...