Is Foucault a “Neo-Marxist”? Methodology datum

In an interview, Foucault responds to a question about Marxist methodology in his writing:

“[Interviewer] G.R.  But does this reference in The Archaeology of Knowledge mean that, in a certain way, Marx is at work in your own methodology?

“FOUCAULT  Yes, absolutely.”

(Source: Foucault, Michel. Politics, Philosophy, Culture: Interviews and Other Writings 1977-1984, New York: Routledge, 1988, p. 46)

Related: Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault.

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