Michel Foucault is the most revered celebrity of French poststructuralism. Some who before were called lesbians or gays claim proudly homophobic insult 'queer'. What is the connection between these two facts? This text is a contemporary encounter between Foucault's theories about sexuality, power and discourse, on the one hand and, on the other, the current representatives of queer thought that have adopted, revised and criticized Foucault's ideas. This meeting between transgressive figures radically change our understanding of gender, identity, sexuality and cultural policy. Foucault and theory 'queer' stands out as a brief introduction to the fascinating ideas of Foucault and development of queer culture with its own explicit points of view on heteronormativity, sadomasochism, transvestism, change of sex, end of genres, release as opposed to difference, late capitalism and the impac...read more
