"People know what they do.…" — Michel Foucault

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人々は自分が何をしているかを知っている。しばしば、彼らは自分が何をしているのか、その理由を知っている。しかし、彼らが知らないのは、自分の行動が何を引き起こすかということだ。

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“Do not ask who I am and do not ask me to remain the same”

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