ed ▁within ▁the ▁philosophy ▁department , ▁he ▁was ▁considered ▁a ▁" f asc in ating " ▁but ▁" r ather ▁traditional " ▁teacher ▁at ▁Cl erm ont . ▁The ▁department ▁was ▁run ▁by ▁Jules ▁V u ille min , ▁who ▁soon ▁developed ▁a ▁friendship ▁with ▁Fou ca ult . ▁Fou ca ult ▁then ▁took ▁V u ille min ' s ▁job ▁when ▁the ▁latter ▁was ▁elected ▁to ▁the ▁Coll ège ▁de ▁France ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 2 . ▁In ▁this ▁position , ▁Fou ca ult ▁took ▁a ▁dis like ▁to ▁another ▁staff ▁member ▁whom ▁he ▁considered ▁stupid : ▁Roger ▁G ara ud y , ▁a ▁senior ▁figure ▁in ▁the ▁Commun ist ▁Party . ▁Fou ca ult ▁made ▁life ▁at ▁the ▁university ▁difficult ▁for ▁G ara ud y , ▁leading ▁the ▁latter ▁to ▁transfer ▁to ▁Po it iers . ▁Fou ca ult ▁also ▁caused ▁controvers y ▁by ▁se cur ing ▁a ▁university ▁job ▁for ▁his ▁lo ver , ▁the ▁phil os opher ▁Daniel ▁De fert , ▁with ▁whom ▁he ▁retained ▁a ▁non - mon og am ous ▁relationship ▁for ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁his ▁life . ▁ ▁Fou ca ult ▁maintained ▁a ▁keen ▁interest ▁in ▁literature , ▁publishing ▁reviews ▁in ▁amongst ▁others ▁the ▁literary ▁journ als ▁Tel ▁Qu el ▁and ▁Nouvelle ▁Rev ue ▁Fran çaise , ▁and ▁sitting ▁on ▁the ▁editor ial ▁board ▁of ▁Crit ique . ▁In ▁May ▁ 1 9 6 3 , ▁he ▁published ▁a ▁book ▁devoted ▁to ▁poet , ▁novel ist , ▁and ▁play w right ▁Raymond ▁R ous sel