8 0 , ▁Fou ca ult ▁became ▁a ▁visit ing ▁professor ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁California , ▁Ber keley , ▁giving ▁the ▁How ison ▁L ect ures ▁on ▁" Tr uth ▁and ▁Sub ject ivity ", ▁while ▁in ▁November ▁he ▁lect ured ▁at ▁the ▁Human ities ▁Institute ▁at ▁New ▁York ▁University . ▁His ▁growing ▁popular ity ▁in ▁American ▁intellectual ▁circles ▁was ▁noted ▁by ▁Time ▁magazine , ▁while ▁Fou ca ult ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁lecture ▁at ▁U CLA ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Verm ont ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 2 , ▁and ▁Ber keley ▁again ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 3 , ▁where ▁his ▁lect ures ▁drew ▁huge ▁crow ds . ▁Fou ca ult ▁spent ▁many ▁even ings ▁in ▁the ▁San ▁Francisco ▁gay ▁scene , ▁frequent ing ▁s ado - mas och istic ▁bath h ouses , ▁eng aging ▁in ▁un protected ▁sex . ▁He ▁pra ised ▁s ado - mas och istic ▁activity ▁in ▁inter views ▁with ▁the ▁gay ▁press , ▁describing ▁it ▁as ▁" the ▁real ▁creation ▁of ▁new ▁possibilities ▁of ▁pleasure , ▁which ▁people ▁had ▁no ▁idea ▁about ▁previously ." ▁Fou ca ult ▁contract ed ▁H IV ▁and ▁eventually ▁developed ▁A ID S . ▁Little ▁was ▁known ▁of ▁the ▁virus ▁at ▁the ▁time ; ▁the ▁first ▁cases ▁had ▁only ▁been ▁identified ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 0 . ▁Fou ca ult ▁initially ▁referred ▁to ▁A ID S ▁as ▁a ▁" d ream ed - up ▁disease ". ▁In ▁summer ▁ 1 9 8 3 ,