Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 23:35:43 -0500 From: JKnoblock <knoblock-AT-mediaone.net> Subject: Re: FOUCAULT'S BALD HEAD At 03:29 PM 3/22/99 -0600, you wrote: >just a very random question. Does anyone know if foucault's shaved head >toward the end of his life was the result of chemotherapy (given that some >thought AIDS was a cancer) or something he just did? I saw photos from the >60s in which he had a full set of hair. > Macey, Lives of Michel Foucault, 209, says that Foucault began to shave his head when he was in Tunisia (66-68) to stop worrying about his losing his hair or to reveal his true face. *********************************************************************** John Knoblock Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy Mail: / University of Miami/ P.O. Box 248054/ Coral Gables, FL 33124 Messages (305) 284-4757 Fax (305) 284-5594
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