pp ol ite , ▁who ▁was ▁well ▁acquaint ed ▁with ▁German ▁philosophy . ▁After ▁both ▁th eses ▁were ▁champion ed ▁and ▁review ed , ▁he ▁under w ent ▁his ▁public ▁defense , ▁the ▁sout en ance ▁de ▁th èse , ▁on ▁ 2 0 ▁May ▁ 1 9 6 1 . ▁The ▁academ ics ▁responsible ▁for ▁review ing ▁his ▁work ▁were ▁concerned ▁about ▁the ▁un con vent ional ▁nature ▁of ▁his ▁major ▁th esis ; ▁rev iewer ▁Henri ▁G ou h ier ▁noted ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁conventional ▁work ▁of ▁history , ▁making ▁swe eping ▁general is ations ▁without ▁sufficient ▁particular ▁argument , ▁and ▁that ▁Fou ca ult ▁clearly ▁" th inks ▁in ▁alleg ories ". ▁They ▁all ▁agreed ▁however ▁that ▁the ▁overall ▁project ▁was ▁of ▁mer it , ▁award ing ▁Fou ca ult ▁his ▁doctor ate ▁" des p ite ▁res erv ations ." ▁ ▁University ▁of ▁Cl erm ont - F err and , ▁The ▁B irth ▁of ▁the ▁C lin ic , ▁and ▁The ▁Order ▁of ▁Things : ▁ 1 9 6 0 – 1 9 6 6 ▁In ▁October ▁ 1 9 6 0 , ▁Fou ca ult ▁took ▁a ▁ten ured ▁post ▁in ▁philosophy ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Cl erm ont - F err and , ▁comm uting ▁to ▁the ▁city ▁every ▁week ▁from ▁Paris , ▁where ▁he ▁lived ▁in ▁a ▁high - r ise ▁block ▁on ▁the ▁rue ▁du ▁Dr ▁Fin lay . ▁Res p ons ible ▁for ▁teaching ▁psych ology , ▁which ▁was ▁sub sum