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PREMIUM-Episode 49: Foucault on Power and Punishment

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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The Importance of Freedom

In the very first paragraph of this book, there is a passage that will disabuse you of freedom. The author's ultimate motivation here is he thinks Marxism is too much of a straight jacket. He's not down with the Marxist theory in terms of the overly simplistic analysis of Marxist would give history.

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