Introduction

David Weinberger: Today we're going to talk about Michelle Foucault's essay What is an Author? He says this text is in many ways both a response to Baut, that is the death of the author. And these are critics who followed his or criticized his book The Order of Things. In order to grasp what is going on here, you need to have an understanding of Roland Bautz and Michelle Foucaults' other work.