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Michel Foucault was a French philosopher, historian of ideas, social theorist, and literary critic. Foucault's theories primarily addressed the relationship between power and knowledge, and how they are used as a form of social control through societal institutions. His ideas have influenced academics and educators, especially those working in sociology, cultural studies, literary theory and critical theory. 
 

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