Foucault denied any integral continuity between ancient Greece and modern Europe

Evidence

The Foucault of Discipline and Punish simply would not have accepted that there is any kind of integral relationship between Ancient Greek and modern Western Europe, except that post-Renaissance Europe begins to trace its lineage, in a more or less fantastic manner, from that Antiquity, while reversing most of its prevailing presuppositions. — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 665

Categorization

• XREF: This genealogical anti-continuity claim parallels Foucault’s ‘race-struggle’ counter-history in Society Must Be Defended, where Boulainvilliers/Hotman propose discontinuous racial histories against sovereign continuity.