Topic: Foucault

In his memoir, Barack Obama admits that his interest in radical philosophers like Karl Marx and Herbert Marcuse during college was largely motivated by a desire to impress "long-legged socialists" and other women. He describes his intellectual curiosity as paralleling the interests of the women he was attempting to date.

Journalist Katie Herzog discusses how radical academic theories like postmodernism and critical theory have moved from college campuses into major institutions. She cites the pulping of Woody Allen's memoir by Hachette staffers as an example of the new authoritarian power held by young employees.