Full Idea
Foucault maintains that for any 'authored' text a plurality of selves fulfils the author function.
Gist of Idea
The author function of any text is a plurality of selves
Source
report of Michel Foucault (works [1978]) by Gary Gutting - Foucault: a very short introduction 2
Book Reference
Gutting,Gary: 'Foucault' [OUP 2005], p.12
A Reaction
This is a completely different concept of a 'self' from the one normally found in this database. I would call it the sociological concept of self, as something changing with context. So how many selves is 'Jane Austen'?