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| Author | Didier Eribon |
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| Language | French |
| Subject | Biography |
| Publisher | Flammarion, Harvard University Press |
Publication date | 1989 |
Published in English | 1991 |
Michel Foucault is a 1989 biography of the French philosopher Michel Foucault by Didier Eribon. It was first published in French by Flammarion, followed by Betsy Wing's English translation in 1991 for Harvard University Press.
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