#booktok #philosophy #literature #literarytheory #nietzsche #heidegger #leostrauss #foucault Professor Timothy H. Wilson Department of English, University of Ottawa ENG 3375 -- Contemporary Literary Theory Week 12 An introduction to the philosophy of Michel Foucault (1925-1984). The lecture provides an overview of Foucault’s key works and philosophical legacy. Particular focus is given to: 1) Foucault’s early “archaeological” works, including Madness and Civilization, The Birth of the Clinic, The Order of Things and The Archaeology of Knowledge; 2) Foucault’s middle period of “genealogical” analysis, including “Nietzsche, Genealogy, History”, Discipline and Punish, and The History of Sexuality, Volume 1; and 3) Foucault’s later works on Bio-politics, Governmentality and the ethics of care of the self. Finally, the lecture discusses the incredible influence Foucault has had on all disciplines in the social sciences and humanities. Powerpoint slides for this lecture: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yNFytjaevmqftmlIf7Yjze25nPsS48Jm/view?usp=sharing Course Web site: https://sites.google.com/site/untergehenproject/courses/contemporary-literary-theory-2025-26 0:00 - Introduction 2:00 - Foucault and Post-structuralism; Influences: Nietzsche, Heidegger, Canguilem, Bachelard 4:24 - Early Works: Archaeological Method 13:15 - Middle Works: Genealogical Method 26:10 - Governmentality, Bio-politics and Late Ethics 32:10 - Foucault's Influence Related Videos: https://youtu.be/jWps2AkdcfE?si=v6JZWS-fXPjOIBal&t=1 (Literary Theory) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHwZl6kC5zs&list=PLVnV4NOfHN4V5cobHCvVQWiH63dR5z6Ml&index=2&pp=iAQBsAgC (History of Theory) https://youtu.be/Ugho9Pk4V6Q?si=MgU4mT91lyP-bK5q (Nietzsche) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuU_CexrjHA&list=PLVnV4NOfHN4V5cobHCvVQWiH63dR5z6 Ml&index=9&pp=iAQBsAgC (Saussure) https://youtu.be/xBpXw1CBOCA?si=WcYgVflOpXAkVk06 (Freud) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93Ok4Dc0154 (Marx) https://youtu.be/gQ_0v8CRlhQ?si=bW1rECM_ng8yLvDm&t=1 (Hermeneutics) https://youtu.be/STrXSANPWE8?si=6YhtVTo95AnAeEcX&t=1 (Heidegger) https://youtu.be/XAN7TqBZIh4?si=LXJXoOfe-MOgV0BX&t=1 (Heidegger, Destruktion) https://youtu.be/iYl9Ev5UVok?si=QYKUvZOGxC6PzQpA&t=1 (Gadamer) https://youtu.be/6WXM74g5Viw?si=4g0-Acp3CrPuN-L9 (Strauss) https://youtu.be/2RsoS2917N0?si=TV-Y5pokrG884YLw&t=1 (Strauss and the Three Waves) https://youtu.be/G0Xho-swi7o?si=jO1ev9unRsKLZmDx (Machiavelli and the First Wave) https://youtu.be/ux4EVsurjKE?si=bkCsblnhA9srRdlI (Second Wave and History) https://youtu.be/LhSz4jeH6Cw?si=Lln9mEo0l3EmS4zL (Nietzsche and the Third Wave) https://youtu.be/LAAHbV-9UWc?si=ioId6o_B20JYS87Q (Esotericism) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7Cjre8HXlo (Postmodernism) https://youtu.be/Fo2bs12fPO4?si=hk1S6KPphYA2L0Jq (Post-structuralism) https://youtu.be/-hTNx8yQ3yg?si=PHrKTLXeoq6Z0YmI&t=1 (Derrida) https://youtu.be/758TdKFJdRw?si=RkvpqyoqouZGbOGX (Derrida, The Pharmacy)