/lit/ - Literature

>>22872807
Ross Douthat in the NYT tried to reappraise Foucault recently as a figure of the right. Well, sort of. His evidence was the flowering of postmodern theories among Trumpist figures on the right, and a similarity between his critiques of power and administrative control and conservative arguments about lockdowns, quarantines, bodily autonomy regarding vaccines, and other subjects. Douthat believed this is because the cultural left has become more powerful so his theories are less useful, while the right may find them more insightful. That doesn't mean he's on your side, of course, or anyone's side.