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A fact from Foucauldian discourse analysis appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 February 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Foucauldian discourse analysis analyzes content by looking at the power relationships within it, and how the power shapes the language used?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/February. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Foucauldian discourse analysis.

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Bullshit

This article does not address criticisms of Foucault, even the mild "hysterics" of Discipline and Punish (Geertz) to the usual judgment of analytic philosophers, "This is bullshit". Kiefer.Wolfowitz 14:55, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to add a section criticizing this theory. I did not see relevant material in my research, but I just skimmed the surface, enough to get a beyond-stub definition entry. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me} 17:58, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Piotrus, Piotrus, Piotrus!

Well, I don't nag friends about smoking ..., so I should have looked to see you as the initial author, and then I should have chosen my words ... even more diplomatically.

Well, I have read my share of Foucault, when I was young and subject to the discipline and punishment of anthropology and sociology and philosophy professors! ;)

Cheers, Kiefer.Wolfowitz 18:16, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Heh, discipline and punishment, very fitting :D I am not the biggest fan of F. on the bloc, but I was reading a paper using this theory, the theory was missing from Wikipedia and seems quite notable, so... --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me} 18:56, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]