Jaylen Brown impressively explains Michel Foucault’s philosophy (video)
Jaylen Brown has gone viral this week, not for his athleticism but his intellect.
A clip of Brown giving a lecture breaking down Michel Foucault‘s philosophy currently has over a million views on X.
“In 1975, in his work Discipline And Punish, he explored the evolution of power and how the dynamic of it has changed from physical authority to psychological authority,” Brown said. “So, Foucault uses this as his theory of modern power. That surveillance is used as a key instrument in modern institutions to govern and control the masses.”
Brown took Foucault’s philosophy and compared it to his recent experience as a Black professional athlete. He went viral after being picked over on the USA men’s basketball Olympic team by his teammate Derrick White. While White has never been an All-Star, Brown is a multi-time All-Star and was just the 2024 NBA Finals MVP. Brown has a history of publicly calling out Nike, the official team sponsor of Team USA. In 2022, when Nike cut ties with Kyrie Irving for sharing a documentary the company felt was “anti-Semitic,” Brown asked when Nike ever cared about ethics.
Brown became the first player in 45 years to win NBA Finals MVP without a shoe deal.
“In my opinion, media and or social media is a form of a panopticon; it’s a watchtower,” Brown said. “Athletes are taught to act and engage in a certain way through media training, and there’s a societal pushback or risk of loss of endorsement, if not.”
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— ward j littell (@TheHazeFoley) July 24, 2024
