We must cease once and for all to describe the effects of power in negative terms, it excludes, it represses... in fact power produces, it produces reality, it produces domains of objects and rituals of truth.

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Michel Foucault was a 20th-century French philosopher. Paul-Michel Foucault was a French historian of ideas and philosopher, who was also an author, literary critic, political activist, and teacher. Foucault's theories primarily addressed the relationships between power versus knowledge and liberty, and he analyzed how they are used as a form of social control through multiple institutions. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Knowledge — The pursuit of learning, understanding, and intellectual growth
  • Power — The dynamics of influence, authority, and leadership
  • Truth — Meditations on honesty, authenticity, and the search for truth

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