Death left its old tragic heaven and became the lyrical core of man: his invisible truth, his visible secret.
Michel FoucaultThe soul is the effect and instrument of a political anatomy; the soul is the prison of the body
Michel FoucaultThe practice of S/M is the creation of pleasure.... And that's why S/M is really a subculture. It's a process of invention. S/M isthe use of a strategic relationship as a source of pleasure.
Michel FoucaultThe political and social processes by which the Western European societies were put in order are not very apparent, have been forgotten, or have become habitual. They are part of our most familiar landscape, and we don't perceive them anymore. But most of them once scandalized people.
Michel Foucault