Our Retired Explorer (Dines with Michel Foucault in Paris, 1961) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by openczun 

Cover art for Our Retired Explorer (Dines with Michel Foucault in Paris, 1961) lyrics by Weakerthans, The

Michel Foucault was the father of deconstructionist philsophy. I'm guessing the explorer in the song is Ernest Shackelton... he explored anarctica in a day long before polartec, GPS, and other technologies that would have made the voyage less arduous. Not sure why the two are having dinner though... I find it humorous that the explorer, are regular joe, doesn't understand the philosophy. I know that's how I felt when I first read excerpts of Foucault's philsophy.