Judith Butler drew on Foucault for her foundational role in queer theory focusing on the culturally constructed nature of gender, as did Edward Said in his similar role in post-colonialism and “Orientalism” and Kimberlé Crenshaw in her development of “intersectionality” and advocacy of identity politics.
I mean when the author points out that many of the mainstream left’s thought leaders draw directly from Foucault, she isn’t wrong. That’s just noticing something that’s easily verifiable. I just think she’s missing a facet of how non-academic people have taken it and run with it, which draws on a larger philosophical heritage.
Do you have a specific example of that?
From the linked article:
I mean when the author points out that many of the mainstream left’s thought leaders draw directly from Foucault, she isn’t wrong. That’s just noticing something that’s easily verifiable. I just think she’s missing a facet of how non-academic people have taken it and run with it, which draws on a larger philosophical heritage.
Ah, I confused myself because I thought you were referring to the neo-right French Identitarian youth movement: https://www.generation-identitaire.com/