▁was ▁also ▁selected ▁to ▁be ▁among ▁the ▁" E igh teen ▁Man ▁Commission " ▁that ▁assemble d ▁between ▁November ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁and ▁March ▁ 1 9 6 4 ▁to ▁discuss ▁university ▁re forms ▁that ▁were ▁to ▁be ▁implemented ▁by ▁Christian ▁F ouch et , ▁the ▁Ga ull ist ▁Minister ▁of ▁National ▁Education . ▁Im plement ed ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 7 , ▁they ▁brought ▁staff ▁strik es ▁and ▁student ▁protest s . ▁ ▁In ▁April ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁Gall im ard ▁published ▁Fou ca ult ' s ▁Les ▁M ots ▁et ▁les ▁ch oses ▁(" W ords ▁and ▁Things "), ▁later ▁translated ▁as ▁The ▁Order ▁of ▁Things : ▁An ▁Arch ae ology ▁of ▁the ▁Human ▁Sciences . ▁Ex pl oring ▁how ▁man ▁came ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁object ▁of ▁knowledge , ▁it ▁argued ▁that ▁all ▁periods ▁of ▁history ▁have ▁possessed ▁certain ▁underlying ▁conditions ▁of ▁truth ▁that ▁constit uted ▁what ▁was ▁acceptable ▁as ▁scientific ▁disc ourse . ▁Fou ca ult ▁arg ues ▁that ▁these ▁conditions ▁of ▁disc ourse ▁have ▁changed ▁over ▁time , ▁from ▁one ▁period ' s ▁ep ist eme ▁to ▁another . ▁Although ▁designed ▁for ▁a ▁special ist ▁audience , ▁the ▁work ▁gained ▁media ▁attention , ▁becoming ▁a ▁surprise ▁best s eller ▁in ▁France . ▁App ear ing ▁at ▁the ▁height ▁of ▁interest ▁in ▁struct ural ism , ▁Fou ca ult ▁was ▁quickly ▁grouped ▁with ▁sch ol ars ▁such ▁as ▁Jacques ▁Lac an , ▁Claude ▁Lé vi - St ra uss , ▁and ▁Roland ▁Bar thes