/lit/ - Literature

>>4642515
meme politics: how to act like you've said something, when you've really just shitposted

>>4630380
>>4630272

BUT, let's say everything he said is right. He began his studies at a time when the West was unrivaled economically, when education was restricted, when psychology was at its height of abuse, when centralized bureaucracy was at its most effective, and when economic inequality (within Western countries) was at its lowest, possibly in all of history. Now, compare that with 50 years later - economic inequality is almost as bad as during the 1890s (when Foucault said economic domination was key), psychology has been reformed, bureaucracy has been reduced and proven less effective than previously imagined, and the West is starting to have more and more trouble with taking care of their poor. What would Foucault say now? Would he say that your vagina is in the foreground, or the 13 million families whose homes have been foreclosed on.

Let me say that again:
> 50 years later, rather than having the most economic equality in history, economic inequality is almost as bad as when Foucault said economic domination was key
What would Foucault say now? 'muh vagina' or 'muh poor'

i think it's pretty clear.

For more reading, and a critique of Foucault, see: the Foucault - Habermas Debate