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Michel Foucault's Archeology of Knowledge is a deep, historiographical treatise which studies the basis of his analytical method which he called Archeology. Summary of the Book Beginning with how things are said and how things are done, this book explores how discourse has evolved out of merely a way to express ideas and into a congress of rules which lend meaning to thought. Compliance with these rules ensures the successful communication of ideas from the speaker to the hearer and effectively saddles human communication as above and beyond semantic and syntactic borders. Expressions depend largely on the context in which they are said and hence are not just phrases or propositions put together. The book examines these and the other theories Foucault is known for, allowing readers to understand how speech plays a phenomenal role in human lives. About Michel Foucault Michel Foucault was a French philosopher, historian of ideas, literary critic and philologist. He is best remembered for his works: The Birth of the Clinic, The Order of Things, The History of Madness, The History of Sexuality and Discipline and Punish. An excellent student, Foucault studied at the elite École Normale Supérieure (ENS). He was active in several anti-racist campaigns and anti-human rights abuses movements.