Debate! Power! Sexuality! Didier Eribon on the philosophy and life of Michel Foucault
French | German
When Michel Foucault died in 1984, France lost one of its most important philosophers. His influence on politics and culture continues to this day. In 1989, writer, sociologist and philosopher Didier Eribon (“Returning to Reims”) presented a biography of the thinker that is much more than a retelling of Foucault’s life story. It is a tribute to a great life’s work and to a man who rebelled against the power of norms and normality. Eribon’s biography, Michel Foucault, has become a classic itself. It now appears in a revised and extended edition taking an in-depth look at Foucault’s intellectual relationships with Derrida, Bourdieu and de Beauvoir and considering for the first time topics such as sexuality and drug use. A fascinating portrait emerges: “The chronicle of an intellectual adventure like no other” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung). Host: Olga Mannheimer
Contributors
Didier Eribon
Didier Eribon, born in 1953 in Reims, is a French sociologist, author… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
Olga Mannheimer
Born in Warsaw, Olga Mannheimer lives in Munich, where she works a… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
Books
Michel Foucault - Eine Biographie
Didier Eribon
Aus dem Französischen von Hans-Horst Henschen und Michael Bischoff
Suhrkamp
978-3-518-43296-9
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11. June 2026
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