Foucault in California: [A True Story-Wherein the Great French Philosopher Drops Acid in the Valley of Death]

In The Lives of Michel Foucault, David Macey quotes the iconic French philosopher as speaking “nostalgically…of 'an unforgettable evening on LSD, in carefully prepared doses, in the desert night, with delicious music, [and] nice people'”. This came to pass in 1975, when Foucault spent Memorial Day weekend in Southern California at the invitation of Simeon Wade—ostensibly to guest—lecture at the Claremont Graduate School where Wade was an assistant professor, but in truth to explore what he ...