Search results
In critical theory, power-knowledge is a term introduced by the French philosopher Michel Foucault (French: le savoir-pouvoir). According to Foucault's understanding, power is based on knowledge and makes use of knowledge; on the other hand, power reproduces knowledge by shaping it in accordance with its anonymous intentions. [1]
Mar 8, 2023 · Foucault writes that ‘the exercise of power itself creates and causes to emerge new objects of knowledge and accumulates new bodies of information… [t]he exercise of power perpetually creates knowledge and, conversely, knowledge constantly induces effects of power’ (1975, 52).
Aug 3, 2020 · Foucault, however, argues that power and knowledge are inextricably linked, such that it doesn’t make sense to speak of one without the other. Hence, power and knowledge are conjoined into a single concept, which he calls “power/knowledge.”
Jul 3, 2023 · Power/knowledge establishes the framework for any given discourse, which means “everything that is said” within a field of knowledge (Foucault, 1980). Power/knowledge produces possibilities in the form of distinctions, definitions, and categorizations.
Summary. Foucault explicitly introduces the composite term, “power/knowledge” ( pouvoir / savoir) in the middle, “genealogical” period of his work. At the same time, however, the concept of power/knowledge in many ways encompasses the entire corpus, characterizing the implicit project of his “archaeological” works, the explicit ...
Power-knowledge is a term coined by French philosopher Michel Foucault to describe the mutual implication and effect of systems of knowledge and operations of power in society. Learn how Foucault redefined power and knowledge, and how they produce and limit human relations, subjects, and actions.
Knowledge and Power 206 Introduction: Knowledge, Change, and Higher Education The invocation of the notion of a ‘knowledge society’ has become ubiquitous. Among its many dangers is that it creates the illusion that we know what we are talking about when we talk about ‘knowledge’.
