Michel Foucault: Beyond Good and Evil

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Michel Foucault: Beyond Good and Evil
The video Michel Foucault Beyond Good and Evil 1993 by domakesaythink00 was about the works of Michel Foucault, a French philosopher known for his controversial life, study, and philosophies (domakesaythink00). Michel Foucault was famous for his controversial views on life, human nature, power, sexuality, discipline and punishments, and the theory of madness in civilization. He proposed provocative thoughts on approaches on how to understand these concepts, and he himself has experimented on these concepts using himself as a subject at times in an effort to gain a personal experience and understanding on the workings of the universe and the societies within it.
In the video, the narrator gave multiple examples of how Foucault’s work became controversial, as well as interviewed some people about their takes on Foucault’s work and also his life. For example, Foucault gave bold insights on how humanity as a concept and practice is inhumane, and he presented notions that seemingly made sense, especially in his example of the “ship of fools” where he made an observation that the more evidence he goes through from further back in time, the more disturbing the manner of ho...