# Michel Foucault: Technologies of the Self // 254

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Published: 2026-06-04T13:00:02+00:00
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More where this came from at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills People have not always had a self, our selves were invented. According to Foucault, our concept of self emerged from religious technologies, genres of writing, and the institutions that perpetuated them. https://amzn.to/4uWyVAg

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