<p>Now that the thread necromancy has been completed, I might as well make my own comment on Foucault. The first time I heard Foucault’s name was when a friend was complaining about a book she had to read for Self. Since she disliked the text quite a bit, and I had taken Japanese with this person previously, I thought she was referring to the Japanese word ‘fu-kou’ (which has exactly the same pronunciation), which translates to ‘unhappiness’. From what I’ve heard, there may be a bit of truth to this mistranslation.</p>