Foucault Michel
"Calling sex by its name thereafter [the 17th c.] became more difficult and more costly. As if in order to gain mastery of it in reality, it had first been necessary to subjugate it at the level of language, control its free circulation in speech, expunge it from the things that were said, and extinguish the words that rendered it too visibly present."
1 Quotes
"Calling sex by its name thereafter [the 17th c.] became more difficult and more costly. As if in order to gain mastery of it in reality, it had first been necessary to subjugate it at the level of language, control its free circulation in speech, expunge it from the things that were said, and extinguish the words that rendered it too visibly present."
"أصبح التلفظ بالجنس صراحةً بعد ذلك [القرن السابع عشر] أشد عسرًا وأثقل كلفةً. وكأنما لإحكام القبضة عليه واقعيًا، كان لا بد أولًا من إخضاعه على مستوى اللغة، وتقييد تداوله الحر في الخطاب، ومحوه مما يُقال، وإخماد الألفاظ التي تمنحه حضورًا جليًا مفرطًا."
Foucault Michel
✉️
Get more quotes like Foucault Michel's — every morning.
Join thousands of wisdom seekers getting daily quotes from 300,000+ curated sources.
Free forever. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
🎉 Check your inbox to confirm your subscription!