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Michel Foucault died on the 25th of June 1984 from complications of AIDS. He was the first public figure in France to succumb to HIV/AIDS, a death that fundamentally altered the global conversation around the emerging pandemic.
Michel Foucault was born on the 15th of October 1926 in Poitiers, France, into a prosperous, socially conservative upper-middle-class family. He was the second of three children and insisted on being called Michel rather than Paul, the name given to him by his father.
Michel Foucault published Madness and Civilization in 1961, The Birth of the Clinic in 1963, The Order of Things in 1966, and The History of Sexuality in 1976. These works established him as a historian of ideas and philosopher who questioned the structures of knowledge and the human body.
Michel Foucault helped found the Groupe d'Information sur les Prisons in 1971 to expose poor prison conditions and gave prisoners a voice. He also participated in anti-racist campaigns and co-founded the newspaper Libération to cover stories neglected by the mainstream press.
Michel Foucault spent five years abroad between 1955 and 1960 in Sweden, Poland, and West Germany, where he faced diplomatic scandals and personal struggles. His experiences in the Reeperbahn red-light district and with various relationships informed his later writings on the margins of society and the nature of power.