ult ▁announced ▁that ▁Tun is ia ▁was ▁" bl essed ▁by ▁history ", ▁a ▁nation ▁which ▁" des erves ▁to ▁live ▁forever ▁because ▁it ▁was ▁where ▁Hann ib al ▁and ▁St . ▁August ine ▁lived ." ▁His ▁lect ures ▁at ▁the ▁university ▁proved ▁very ▁popular , ▁and ▁were ▁well ▁attended . ▁Although ▁many ▁young ▁students ▁were ▁enthus i astic ▁about ▁his ▁teaching , ▁they ▁were ▁critical ▁of ▁what ▁they ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁his ▁right - wing ▁political ▁views , ▁view ing ▁him ▁as ▁a ▁" re present ative ▁of ▁Ga ull ist ▁techn ocracy ", ▁even ▁though ▁he ▁considered ▁himself ▁a ▁left ist . ▁ ▁Fou ca ult ▁was ▁in ▁Tun is ▁during ▁the ▁anti - g overn ment ▁and ▁pro - Pal est in ian ▁ri ots ▁that ▁rock ed ▁the ▁city ▁in ▁June ▁ 1 9 6 7 , ▁and ▁which ▁continued ▁for ▁a ▁year . ▁Although ▁highly ▁critical ▁of ▁the ▁violent , ▁ult ra - n ational istic ▁and ▁anti - sem it ic ▁nature ▁of ▁many ▁protest ers , ▁he ▁used ▁his ▁status ▁to ▁try ▁to ▁prevent ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁milit ant ▁left ist ▁students ▁from ▁being ▁arrested ▁and ▁tort ured ▁for ▁their ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁ag itation . ▁He ▁hid ▁their ▁printing ▁press ▁in ▁his ▁garden , ▁and ▁tried ▁to ▁test ify ▁on ▁their ▁beh alf ▁at ▁their ▁tri als , ▁but ▁was ▁prevent ed ▁when ▁the ▁tri als ▁became ▁closed - door ▁events . ▁While ▁in ▁Tun is , ▁Fou ca ult ▁continued ▁to ▁write . ▁In