Foucault, de Sade and Sex: a bourgeois orgy
Frenchman Michel Foucault (1926-1984) is one of the most important characters in the development of Cultural Marxism and through it, Identity Politics and the Social Justice Left. Normally considered to be a Postmodernist, Foucault mixes the ideas of his great heroes, Jean-Paul Sartre and the Marquis de Sade (1740-1816).
There is little good to say of Sartre, a typically French, bourgeois self-loather much like Foucault himself, but I shall return to him in another piece. De Sade is another kind of fish altogether.
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De Sade
Although known as a 'libertine' for his use of explicit sexual imagery in fiction, de Sade was no mere hedonist. Rather, he was a libertarian, who used his prose to attack the social and religious mores of the day, which he regarded as stifling, inhumane and hypocritical.
De Sade wrote at a time, in France, when critici
Interesting that in the cemetery at Montparnasse, Simone de Beauvoir is buried in the same grave as Sartre. As she was buried later she now, one assumes, is on top and in the dominant position. Great article, as usual, Rod. I’ll buy the book. Best wishes.
HI Kit, great to hear from you. I hope you’re well