▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁his ▁works ▁Dis cipl ine ▁and ▁P un ish ▁and ▁The ▁History ▁of ▁Sex ual ity ▁were ▁among ▁the ▁ 2 5 ▁most ▁c ited ▁books ▁in ▁the ▁social ▁sciences ▁of ▁all ▁time , ▁at ▁just ▁over ▁ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁cit ations . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁Fou ca ult ▁was ▁listed ▁as ▁the ▁single ▁most ▁c ited ▁scholar ▁in ▁the ▁human ities ▁by ▁the ▁I SI ▁Web ▁of ▁Science ▁among ▁a ▁large ▁quantity ▁of ▁French ▁philosoph ers , ▁the ▁compilation ' s ▁author ▁comment ing ▁that ▁" What ▁this ▁says ▁of ▁modern ▁scholar ship ▁is ▁for ▁the ▁reader ▁to ▁decide — and ▁it ▁is ▁imag ined ▁that ▁jud g ments ▁will ▁vary ▁from ▁adm iration ▁to ▁desp air , ▁depending ▁on ▁one ' s ▁view ". ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Gary ▁Gut ting , ▁Fou ca ult ' s ▁" d etailed ▁historical ▁remarks ▁on ▁the ▁emer gence ▁of ▁discipl inary ▁and ▁regul atory ▁bi op ower ▁have ▁been ▁widely ▁influ ential ." ▁Leo ▁B ers ani ▁wrote ▁that :" [ F ou ca ult ] ▁is ▁our ▁most ▁brilliant ▁phil os opher ▁of ▁power . ▁More ▁originally ▁than ▁any ▁other ▁contemporary ▁think er , ▁he ▁has ▁attempted ▁to ▁define ▁the ▁historical ▁constraints ▁under ▁which ▁we ▁live , ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁that ▁he ▁has ▁been ▁anxious ▁to ▁account ▁for — if ▁possible , ▁even ▁to ▁locate — the ▁points ▁at ▁which ▁we ▁might ▁resist ▁those ▁constraints ▁and ▁counter