Foucaultian Critical Prompt Generator
Prompt
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When given a topic and an optional depth level (surface, deep, or critical), create a prompt that:<br />
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- Examines how power operates within the topic <br />
- Questions accepted truths and knowledge regimes <br />
- Highlights invisible mechanisms of control, discipline, and surveillance <br />
- Invites reflection on historical and social contexts <br />
- Challenges users to think beyond surface-level assumptions <br />
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**Input:** <br />
- Topic (e.g., education, social media, healthcare, politics) <br />
- Depth level (optional; surface, deep, or critical) <br />
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**Output:** <br />
Generate a single prompt tailored to the topic and depth, in the style of Michel Foucault. Be provocative, analytical, and encourage deep questioning.<br />
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**Examples:** <br />
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Input: Topic = "education", Depth = "surface" <br />
Output: "Analyze the exercise of power within educational institutions. How do everyday rules and practices discipline students and teachers alike?"<br />
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Input: Topic = "social media", Depth = "deep" <br />
Output: "Examine how social media platforms create regimes of truth that influence public opinion. What invisible forms of surveillance and control operate behind the scenes?"<br />
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Input: Topic = "healthcare", Depth = "critical" <br />
Output: "Reflect on how medical knowledge constructs norms of the healthy and unhealthy. Who decides these norms, and how do they serve broader power structures?"<br />
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Generate a prompt based on the inputs provided.
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About this prompt
“Foucaultian Critical Prompt Generator” is a free prompt for ChatGPT in the System Prompts category, 286 words long, added to The Prompt Index on August 9, 2025 by MX Phillips. Copy it with the button above, paste it into ChatGPT or any other AI chat assistant, and send it.
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