In France, a country that awards its intellectuals the status other countries give their rock stars, Michel Foucault was part of a glittering generation of thinkers, one which also included Sartre, de Beauvoir and Deleuze. One of the great intellectual heroes of the twentieth century, Foucault was a man whose passion and reason were at the service of nearly every progressive cause of his time. From law and order, to mental health, to power and knowledge, he spearheaded public awareness of the dynamics that hold us all in thrall to a few powerful ideologies and interests. Arguably his finest work, Archaeology of Knowledge is a challenging but fantastically rewarding introduction to his ideas.

在法国，一个给予其知识分子像其他国家给予其摇滚明星一样地位的国家，米歇尔-福柯是闪光的一代思想家的一部分，其中还包括萨特、德-波伏瓦和德勒兹。作为二十世纪伟大的知识分子英雄之一，福柯的激情和理性几乎为他那个时代的所有进步事业服务。从法律和秩序，到精神健康，再到权力和知识，他带头让公众意识到那些使我们所有人都受制于少数强大的意识形态和利益的动力。知识考古学》可以说是他最好的作品，是对他的思想的一个具有挑战性但又非常有价值的介绍。