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Due to large numbers, we recommend that all members of the public arrive at least 45 minutes before the start of the event. Seats cannot be reserved, and are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis only. If capacity is reached, the public may be directed to a broadcast room.
When Michel Foucault was asked in 1966 which painting best represented philosophy as he saw it, he replied without hesitation that it was Klee's, for "he makes the act of painting the unfurled, scintillating knowledge of painting itself".
On the occasion of the centenary of Michel Foucault's birth, the aim of this course is to explore the multiple forms of his presence both in the intellectual field, where he is the most cited modern author in the world, and in the social arena, where he has been a source of inspiration for many. Neither an exegesis of the work nor a hagiography of the man, the lecture is an invitation to explore, beyond the innovative concepts he proposed, a way of thinking, questioning the obvious and making shifts that has left a deep mark on the human and social sciences. The focus is on the footprints left by his work on several continents, the debates and criticisms to which it has given rise, and the appropriations and detour to which it has given rise, sometimes in dialogue with personal research. The seminar and colloquium will extend and enrich this reflection.