istic ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁paper , ▁ ▁but ▁this ▁proved ▁un ten able , ▁and ▁he ▁soon ▁became ▁dis ill usion ed ▁with ▁Lib ération , ▁bel ieving ▁that ▁it ▁dist orted ▁the ▁facts ; ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁publish ▁in ▁it ▁until ▁ 1 9 8 0 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁he ▁had ▁a ▁L SD ▁experience ▁with ▁S ime on ▁W ade ▁in ▁Death ▁Valley , ▁California ▁and ▁later ▁wrote ▁“ it ▁was ▁the ▁greatest ▁experience ▁of ▁his ▁life , ▁and ▁that ▁it ▁prof ound ly ▁changed ▁his ▁life ▁and ▁his ▁work ". ▁ ▁The ▁History ▁of ▁Sex ual ity ▁and ▁Iran ian ▁Revolution : ▁ 1 9 7 6 – 1 9 7 9 ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 6 , ▁Gall im ard ▁published ▁Fou ca ult ' s ▁Histoire ▁de ▁la ▁sexual ité : ▁la ▁volont é ▁de ▁sav oir ▁( The ▁History ▁of ▁Sex ual ity : ▁The ▁Will ▁to ▁Know ledge ), ▁a ▁short ▁book ▁expl oring ▁what ▁Fou ca ult ▁called ▁the ▁" re press ive ▁hypothesis ". ▁It ▁revol ved ▁largely ▁around ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁power , ▁reject ing ▁both ▁Marx ist ▁and ▁Fre ud ian ▁theory . ▁Fou ca ult ▁intended ▁it ▁as ▁the ▁first ▁in ▁a ▁seven - volume ▁expl oration ▁of ▁the ▁subject . ▁Histoire ▁de ▁la ▁sexual ité ▁was ▁a ▁best - s eller ▁in ▁France ▁and ▁gained ▁positive ▁press , ▁but ▁lu ke w arm ▁intellectual ▁interest , ▁something ▁that ▁ups et ▁Fou ca ult , ▁who