College de France lectures served as open research fields distinct from Foucault’s books

Evidence

Foucault approached his teaching as a researcher: explorations for a future book as well as the opening up of fields ofproblematization were formulated as an invitation to possible future researchers. This is why the courses at the College de France do not duplicate the published books. They are not sketches for the books even though both books and When Foucault enters the amphitheater, brisk and dynamic like someone who plunges into the water, he steps over bodies to reach his chair, pushes away the cassette recorders so he can put down his papers, removes his jacket, lights a lamp and sets off at full speed. — Michel Foucault, The Birth of Biopolitics, 97

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies how Foucault positioned his lectures as problematization fields for future researchers rather than drafts.
• XREF: connects to: Foucault’s lectures grew spontaneously from problem-questions rather than plans — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 302

Broader Connections

• Foucault’s lectures grew spontaneously from problem-questions rather than plans #expands (0.85) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 302