, ▁as ▁the ▁latest ▁wave ▁of ▁think ers ▁set ▁to ▁to pp le ▁the ▁exist ential ism ▁popular ized ▁by ▁Jean - Paul ▁S art re . ▁Although ▁initially ▁accepting ▁this ▁description , ▁Fou ca ult ▁soon ▁veh ement ly ▁rejected ▁it . ▁Fou ca ult ▁and ▁S art re ▁regularly ▁critic ised ▁one ▁another ▁in ▁the ▁press . ▁Both ▁S art re ▁and ▁Sim one ▁de ▁Beau voir ▁attacked ▁Fou ca ult ' s ▁ideas ▁as ▁" bour ge ois ", ▁while ▁Fou ca ult ▁ret ali ated ▁against ▁their ▁Marx ist ▁belief s ▁by ▁proc laim ing ▁that ▁" Mar x ism ▁exists ▁in ▁nin ete enth - century ▁thought ▁as ▁a ▁fish ▁exists ▁in ▁water ; ▁that ▁is , ▁it ▁ce ases ▁to ▁bre at he ▁anywhere ▁else ." ▁ ▁University ▁of ▁Tun is ▁and ▁V inc ennes : ▁ 1 9 6 6 – 1 9 7 0 ▁ ▁In ▁September ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁Fou ca ult ▁took ▁a ▁position ▁teaching ▁psych ology ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Tun is ▁in ▁Tun is ia . ▁His ▁decision ▁to ▁do ▁so ▁was ▁largely ▁because ▁his ▁lo ver , ▁De fert , ▁had ▁been ▁posted ▁to ▁the ▁country ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁his ▁national ▁service . ▁Fou ca ult ▁moved ▁a ▁few ▁kilometres ▁from ▁Tun is , ▁to ▁the ▁village ▁of ▁S idi ▁Bou ▁Sa ï d , ▁where ▁fellow ▁academic ▁G ér ard ▁De led alle ▁lived ▁with ▁his ▁wife . ▁So on ▁after ▁his ▁arrival , ▁Fou ca