Michel Foucault

Michel Foucault (10/15/1926-6/25/1984), a preeminent philosopher of France in the 70s and 80s, taught at the College de France from 1970 (age 43) until his death. The title of his chair was "The History of Systems of Thought."

Major works:  The Order of Things, Madness and Civilization, The History of Sexuality, Discipline and Punish, and The Hermeneutics of the Subject.