Inhaltsangabe* I. In universal history, everything is singular: 'discourse' * II. There is no 'a priori' that is not historical * III. Foucault's scepticism * IV. Archaeology * V. Universalism, universals, epigenesis: the beginnings of Christianity * VI. Notwithstanding Heidegger, man is an intelligent animal * VII. The physical and human sciences: Foucault's programme * VIII. A sociological history of truths: knowledge, power, the set-up * IX. Was Foucault a corrupter of the young? Was he the despair of the workers' movement? * X. Foucault and politics * XI. Portrait of a samurai