Michael Power, Foucault and Sociology, Annual Review of Sociology, Volume 37 July 07, 2011 https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-soc-081309-150133 ABSTRACT Michel Foucault was a gifted but elusive thinker with a wide and continuing impact across many academic fields. This article positions his work as a historical sociology of knowledge and evaluates its contribution. After reviewing Foucault’s central preoccupations as …