Foucault
1926–1984
“Power is everywhere. Knowledge is never innocent. The genealogy of the modern subject.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- WPWill to Power9 / 10
- TETrust in Experience9 / 10
- SRSkeptical Reflex9 / 10
- TDTheoretical Drive8 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- BaudrillardTOUCHSTONE
We live in simulation. The real is replaced by the hyperreal. The map precedes the territory.
- Judith ButlerTOUCHSTONE
Gender is performative. The subject is constituted in repetition. Vulnerability is a political resource.
- Achille MbembePILGRIM
Necropolitics. The colonial enterprise as the production of death. Becoming Black of the world.
- Vilfredo ParetoTOUCHSTONE
Residues and derivations — most reasoning rationalizes feeling.
- LyotardTOUCHSTONE
Incredulity toward grand narratives. The differend. The sublime breaks the rules.
- Bernard StieglerFORGE
Technics and time — exteriorization of memory shapes the human.
Side-by-side with other philosophers, dimension by dimension.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Foucault's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Foucault or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPAREFoucault vs BaudrillardOn Mull's map Baudrillard sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶