TY - JOUR AU - Clements, Niki Kasumi PY - 2022/10/11 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Foucault and Brown: Disciplinary Intersections JF - Foucault Studies JA - FS VL - IS - 32 SE - Articles DO - 10.22439/fs.vi32.6701 UR - https://rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/foucault-studies/article/view/6701 SP - 1-27 AB - <p>From the 1981 “Sexuality and Solitude” to the 1982 “Le combat de la chasteté” to the 1984 <em>History of Sexuality, Volume 2</em>, Michel Foucault’s published works have long recognized the influence of the historian of late antiquity, Peter Brown. With the 2018 publication of Foucault’s draft of <em>Les Aveux de la chair</em> (<em>Confessions of the Flesh</em>) bearing no mention of Brown, the depth of this influence requires further elaboration. Despite Brown not appearing in the “Index of Modern Authors,” <em>Confessions of the Flesh</em> reflects Foucault’s debt to Brown for his readings of Augustine of Hippo and his conceptualizations of sexuality and subjectivity.</p><p>Analyzing archival evidence alongside biographical narratives helps us better understand Brown’s vital influence as Foucault was shifting his <em>History of Sexuality</em> project, his archival practices, and his genealogy of subjectivity. Appreciating the textual and conceptual engagement between Foucault and Brown thus illuminates not only <em>Confessions of the Flesh</em> as Volume 4 in the <em>History of Sexuality</em> series but also the conceptual and methodological developments of both scholars in their disciplinary intersections.</p> ER -