"Marxism exists in nineteenth-century thought as a fish exists in water; that is, it ceases to breathe anywhere else."
— Marxism

January 1, 1970

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Michel Foucault, as quoted by , The lives of Michel Foucault (1993) p. 177. Citing 'Les Intellectuels et le Pouvoir', Le'Arc 49, 1972, pp. 3-10. Discussion with Gilles Deleuze, 4 March 1972. Reprinted, Le Nouvel Observateur, 8 May 1972, pp. 68-70. Tr. 'Intellectuals and Power', Language, Counter-Memory, Practice, pp. 205-17.