As a philosopher sympathetic to Foucault recently remarked to me, Foucault failed in each of his major inquiries and, in desperation, went further afield from his areas of expertise. The History of Sexuality is a disaster. Page after page is sheer fantasy, unsupported by the ancient or modern historical record.

p. 187 - Sex, Art and American Culture : New Essays (1992) - Junk Bonds and Corporate Raiders : Academe in the Hour of the Wolf