Did Michel Foucault really say 'I am not a Marxist.'?

Michel Foucault:

I am not a Marxist.

— Michel Foucault Contemporary

Power structures, postmodernism

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"The discourse of truth is not always true."

"I am not a prophet, I am an awakener."

"The desire for knowledge is a form of power."

"What is important is not to have a fixed identity, but to be capable of transforming oneself."

"We are subjects, not of a king, but of our own discourses."

Often stated in interviews and essays, clarifying his position.

Date: Approx. 1970s

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