In a society such as our own we all know the rules of exclusion. The most obvious and familiar of these concern what is prohibited. We know perfectly well that we are not free to say just anything, that we cannot simply speak of anything, when we like or where we like; not just anyone, finally may speak of just anything… these prohibitions interrelate, reinforce and complement each other, forming a complex web, continually subject to modification. I will note simply that the areas where this web is most tightly woven today, where the danger spots are most numerous, are those dealing with politics and sexuality. It is as though discussion, far from being a transparent, neutral element, allowing us to disarm sexuality and to pacify politics, were one of those privileged areas in which they exercised some of their more awesome powers.
Michel Foucault, The Archaeology of Knowledge and the Discourse on Language, Translated by A.M. Sheridan Smith, New York: Pantheon Books, 1972, 216.
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