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Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977

Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977

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Michel Foucault has become famous for a series of books that have permanently altered our understanding of many institutions of Western society。 He analyzed mental institutions in the remarkable Madness and Civilization; hospitals in The Birth of the Clinic; prisons in Discipline and Punish; and schools and families in The History of Sexuality。 But the general reader as well as the specialist is apt to miss the consistent purposes that lay behind these difficult individual studies， thus losing sight of the broad social vision and political aims that unified them。

Now， in this superb set of essays and interviews， Foucault has provided a much-needed guide to Foucault。 These pieces， ranging over the entire spectrum of his concerns， enabled Foucault， in his most intimate and accessible voice， to interpret the conclusions of his research in each area and to demonstrate the contribution of each to the magnificent - and terrifying - portrait of society that he was patiently compiling。

For， as Foucault shows， what he was always describing was the nature of power in society; not the conventional treatment of power that concentrates on powerful individuals and repressive institutions， but the much more pervasive and insidious mechanisms by which power "reaches into the very grain of individuals， touches their bodies and inserts itself into their actions and attitudes， their discourses， learning processes and everyday lives。"

Foucault's investigations of prisons， schools， barracks， hospitals， factories， cities， lodgings， families， and other organized forms of social life are each a segment of one of the most astonishing intellectual enterprises of all time - and， as this book proves， one which possesses profound implications for understanding the social control of our bodies and our minds。

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Reviews

Arnab Chatterjee ，

Without any doubt， Foucault and his theories are beyond genius to be exact。 Through this edition several of his powerful interviews are revealed his idea towards his other theories。 His theory on power， authority， punishment， discipline are way beyond the time and interesting indeed。

Edmond ，

Another boring Foucault book。 He could had said what he was trying to say in one sentence， instead he goes on and on and on。 Reading Foucault is important， he is the modern philosopher， his thought governs modern society， but he is a terrible philosopher and writer。 Modern society is in trouble if Foucault is the philosopher of the age。

Quim ，

Good resume of Foucault。 The geography guy is a beast。

Angus Stirling ，

"J。A。 MILLER: I'm not very happy with the huge concepts you're employing here。They seem to me to dissolve as soon as one looks at things more closely。 FOUCAULT: But they're meant to be dissolved， these are only very general definitions 。 。 。 。 "Interesting ideas about the functioning of power deeply buried under brutally unrelenting obscurantism。 "J。A。 MILLER: I'm not very happy with the huge concepts you're employing here。They seem to me to dissolve as soon as one looks at things more closely。 FOUCAULT: But they're meant to be dissolved， these are only very general definitions 。 。 。 。 "Interesting ideas about the functioning of power deeply buried under brutally unrelenting obscurantism。 。。。more

Tiffany Katz ，

Come for the discussion on popular justice and prisons， stay for the analysis of sex and power。

Suzanne ，

A good overview of some of his most important theories。 Less dense and easier to read than his actual works since several of these are interviews so they are condensed and to the point。

Luke Burdette ，

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Syahrul Ramadhan ，

Buku yang sangat sulit untuk dimengerti karena di sana Foucault tidak hnya terfokus pada tema utama yng dibahasnya tentang relasi kuasa dan pengetahuan lewat politik saja tpi ia jga menjelaskannya dalam medis， penjara， seksualitas yng menurutnya ada relasi kuasanya。 Menurut saya pribadi gk tau otak saya yng gk kesampaian atau apa tpi ia dalam bku ini tdk menjelaskan secara eksplisit tentang relasi kuasa dan pengetahuannya itu， ya kitu tahu kalau Foucault bukan hnya seorang filsuf melainkan ia jg Buku yang sangat sulit untuk dimengerti karena di sana Foucault tidak hnya terfokus pada tema utama yng dibahasnya tentang relasi kuasa dan pengetahuan lewat politik saja tpi ia jga menjelaskannya dalam medis， penjara， seksualitas yng menurutnya ada relasi kuasanya。 Menurut saya pribadi gk tau otak saya yng gk kesampaian atau apa tpi ia dalam bku ini tdk menjelaskan secara eksplisit tentang relasi kuasa dan pengetahuannya itu， ya kitu tahu kalau Foucault bukan hnya seorang filsuf melainkan ia jga adalah seorang yng menguasai beberapa bidang ilmu pengetahuan sprti sejarah， linguistik， sosiolog， arkeolog， politik dan sebagainya hal itulah yng dirasa sngt sulit bila ingin memahami pemikiran Foucault jika hnya dari bku ini saja 。。。more

Brendan Coke ，

Michel Foucault。

Doris Raines ，

WHAT A VERY POWERFUL BOOK。

Maya ，

A brief inquiry into Foucault's which clearly undefined for those with shallow thoughts。With his explanations about politics and events we need to make sure to follow his tracks。It seems power comes from knowledge and habit perhaps？ A brief inquiry into Foucault's which clearly undefined for those with shallow thoughts。With his explanations about politics and events we need to make sure to follow his tracks。It seems power comes from knowledge and habit perhaps？ 。。。more

Campbell Rider ，

wtf im a discursive production now

Arman Behrad ，

In the Original work of Foucault， we experiencing new narration from the path of human knowledge formation in the base of Power relation。If you want to understand the basic ideas of this path， this is the case。

Aaron Schuschu ，

At least for now I just read it for the last interview in which Foucault teases the basic content of the recently posthumously published （against his family’s wishes） fourth volume of History of Sexuality。 At least I think it would be the most respectful way of figuring out his whole point there。 His whole point being， don’t buy the whole liberals blaming the church for a repression that doesn’t exist- rather， attack the whole idea of abusing power in general and the way it gets us deeply confli At least for now I just read it for the last interview in which Foucault teases the basic content of the recently posthumously published （against his family’s wishes） fourth volume of History of Sexuality。 At least I think it would be the most respectful way of figuring out his whole point there。 His whole point being， don’t buy the whole liberals blaming the church for a repression that doesn’t exist- rather， attack the whole idea of abusing power in general and the way it gets us deeply conflicted about our own desires。 。。。more

Muhammed Nijim ，

This book is recommended if you are interested to know how power and knowledge constitute each other。 Foucault's method of introducing his book is unique。 Most of his books revolve around discourse/narrative building。 This book is one from a series offered by Foucault。 This book is recommended if you are interested to know how power and knowledge constitute each other。 Foucault's method of introducing his book is unique。 Most of his books revolve around discourse/narrative building。 This book is one from a series offered by Foucault。 。。。more

Ali Tarık Alaçam ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 "It is not a matter of emancipating truth from every system of power （which would be a chimera， for truth is already power） but of detaching the power of truth from the forms of hegemony， social， economic and cultural， within which it operates at the present time。The political question， to sum up， is not error， illusion， alienated consciousness or ideology; it is truth itself。 Hence the importance of Nietzsche。” "It is not a matter of emancipating truth from every system of power （which would be a chimera， for truth is already power） but of detaching the power of truth from the forms of hegemony， social， economic and cultural， within which it operates at the present time。The political question， to sum up， is not error， illusion， alienated consciousness or ideology; it is truth itself。 Hence the importance of Nietzsche。” 。。。more

Setjoeil Asa ，

sumpah ra dong

Gordan Karlic ，

I don't know。Did this book deserve 3， probably not， because there is wisdom in it。But the bottom line is its boring， repetitive， pretentious and named wrongly。It should be called Sex and might not Power/Knowledge。Overall， reading Power/knowledge was not a fun experience， sure I am kinda smarter for it， but it was a struggle reading it。 I don't know。Did this book deserve 3， probably not， because there is wisdom in it。But the bottom line is its boring， repetitive， pretentious and named wrongly。It should be called Sex and might not Power/Knowledge。Overall， reading Power/knowledge was not a fun experience， sure I am kinda smarter for it， but it was a struggle reading it。 。。。more

Vatroslav Herceg ，

Nakladni zavod Globus te FFZGPrijevod i pogovor Rade KalanjIzdanje posjeduje i dva intervjua s gospodinom ćelavkom。Tipični fukoovski jezik， jednostavan i pomalo zamoran。 Djelo se bavi problematikom suodnosa moći i diskursa。 Kvalitetna raščlana problematike， zdrav teorijski pristup višekutnosti i višeslojnosti problematici。 Intervjui iz 1976。 i ranih osamdesetih su zbilja dašak zrelog modernizma， u potpunosti odražavaju onodobni zeitgeist （doba kada su Clash i Ramonesi bili suvremena glazba， kada Nakladni zavod Globus te FFZGPrijevod i pogovor Rade KalanjIzdanje posjeduje i dva intervjua s gospodinom ćelavkom。Tipični fukoovski jezik， jednostavan i pomalo zamoran。 Djelo se bavi problematikom suodnosa moći i diskursa。 Kvalitetna raščlana problematike， zdrav teorijski pristup višekutnosti i višeslojnosti problematici。 Intervjui iz 1976。 i ranih osamdesetih su zbilja dašak zrelog modernizma， u potpunosti odražavaju onodobni zeitgeist （doba kada su Clash i Ramonesi bili suvremena glazba， kada su komunističke partije demokratski vladale Francuskom i Italijom， doba Brigade Rosse te doba kada su televizija i tisak bili najznačajniji mediji samog suodnosa diskursa i moći）。 Jebote！， čitatelju rođenom 1992。 se sve navedeno čini jednako dalekim kao i renesansa。 Kako se svijet promijenio u četrdeset godina。Hasta luego！https://www。youtube。com/watch？v=i_6UT。。。 。。。more

Akasha Coral ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Foucault's perspective is shockingly still very applicable even in the so called modern social norms and institutions。 Amazing！ Foucault's perspective is shockingly still very applicable even in the so called modern social norms and institutions。 Amazing！ 。。。more

Scott Eggerding ，

I wanted a meaningful book when we were at Shakespeare and Co in Paris。 What better than a collection of essays and interviews of Michel Foucault！ It has been nearly 30 years since I last studied him， and I was worried I might not have the patience for this book， but given the political climate today， essays about power and knowledge were refreshing！ Although Foucault boils things down to simple constructs， I found myself imagining what he would have said about American politics in 2018。 I read I wanted a meaningful book when we were at Shakespeare and Co in Paris。 What better than a collection of essays and interviews of Michel Foucault！ It has been nearly 30 years since I last studied him， and I was worried I might not have the patience for this book， but given the political climate today， essays about power and knowledge were refreshing！ Although Foucault boils things down to simple constructs， I found myself imagining what he would have said about American politics in 2018。 I read with a pen and underlined so many things。 Power and knowledge。 What a concept！ 。。。more

Kate Mcphail ，

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Bidita ，

4。5 stars

Andrea ，

Odlična knjiga s odličnom tezom da se nad seksualnošću ne provodi represija， već je se， naprotiv， proizvodi kao poželjnu da bi je se onda moglo klasificirati i kako bi se mogli propisivati njezini normativni i nenormativni oblici。 Odlična je i teza da se moć ne može shvaćati kao svojstvo apstraktnih koncepata poput države， već kao odnos snaga raznorodnih elemenata društva， kao nešto što se ne posjeduje， nego provodi。

Leopold Benedict ，

I picked up this volume because it was referenced in another book and I have read a fair bit of Foucault。 But I underestimated how dense and intense his philosophy still is even to the acquainted reader。

Kathrina ，

Lost my momentum in the last 50 pages。 When it was good， it was really good。 Lots of notes。 Finished the paper tonight。

ػᶈᶏϾӗ ，

If you want to read Foucault， I don't know if you should start here， but you absolutely shouldn't give up until you've at least read this， too。 If you want to read Foucault， I don't know if you should start here， but you absolutely shouldn't give up until you've at least read this， too。 。。。more

Mladen ，

This book was a big disappointment。 If it were any other author， I would be lenient in my review but this is， unfortunately， not the case。 This book is the product of one of the most popular authors in social theory， the great Michel Foucault and because of this， I will have no remorse in my judgment。One of the things that annoyed me the most， in this book， is the language。 Foucault has a tendency to take a complex concept and start rambling about it without precisely defining what he means by i This book was a big disappointment。 If it were any other author， I would be lenient in my review but this is， unfortunately， not the case。 This book is the product of one of the most popular authors in social theory， the great Michel Foucault and because of this， I will have no remorse in my judgment。One of the things that annoyed me the most， in this book， is the language。 Foucault has a tendency to take a complex concept and start rambling about it without precisely defining what he means by it。 Other times his sentences simply don't form coherent thoughts。 But， since， plenty of philosophers had the same tendency， I decided to let this slide。 The next thing that bothered me is his interpretation of history， or rather the lack of complexity in it。Foucault simplifies the history of sexuality to a few crucial moments in the 17th， 18th and 19th century。 While I agree with the relevance of these particular periods， in the development of a contemporary understanding of sexuality， I find his explanation of why this happened， unclear。 Foucault talks about power， the aristocracy， biopolitics， blood etc。 Most of his theory can be summed in a few pages without the unnecessary use of vague terms， which he favors。 To be more precise， Foucault focuses on the complexity of wrong things。Foucault is heavily influenced by marxism and so the idea of social conflict is deeply rooted in his theory。 The bourgeois is out to get you！ I don't care much for structuralism so this was a big no for me。Taking into context Foucault's life， his work seems highly apologetic of his lifestyle and sexuality and I have no problem with that。 But， on a theoretical level， it simply doesn't seem to have that much quality。 Foucault is more of a symbol for a new understanding of sexuality which is not based primarily on the biological functions of sex， but in terms of analytical and objective reasoning， Foucault is lacking。 In other words， I see the context in which Foucault gained popularity， I just don't think it is deserved， and since I favor empirical confirmation， I cared little for so much unsubstantiated theorizing。 The final verdict is three stars， just because of the cultural relevance of the work， otherwise， it would have been one。 。。。more

Matt ，

Best single Foucault book for the man on the street。

Erin ，

In the preface to this book， editor Colin Gordon claims that this book can aid in helping to understand basic Foucauldian concepts， but my experience while reading most of this book was otherwise。 In general， I find most of Foucault’s texts and ideas accessible yet challenging—or is it challenging yet accessible？ In any case， I can read and think while wading through his texts， digesting his ideas with the rumination demonstrated on country pastures。 Foucault in verbal form， however， such as dur In the preface to this book， editor Colin Gordon claims that this book can aid in helping to understand basic Foucauldian concepts， but my experience while reading most of this book was otherwise。 In general， I find most of Foucault’s texts and ideas accessible yet challenging—or is it challenging yet accessible？ In any case， I can read and think while wading through his texts， digesting his ideas with the rumination demonstrated on country pastures。 Foucault in verbal form， however， such as during an interview， panel discussion， etc。， I find difficult to follow。 He seems to really enjoy debate and discussion， but the passion such interactions generates leads to structural arguments and ideas that I find difficult to digest。 Most of texts in this collection are transcriptions of verbal exchanges and presentations; I much prefer his written material。Despite my observation above， the chapters/sections I found most valuable harken to Foucauldian thinking I have previously encountered。 In the chapter entitled “Truth and Power”—one of his “greatest hits” in terms of concepts， this interview with Alessandro Fontana and Pasquale Pasquino offers an opportunity for Foucault to reflect on the disappearance of the intellectual in the humanities and the resulting rise in power and influence of science。 He observes that the role of the intellectual has shifted such that the focus is on offering beneficial contributions or destroying life。 We have lost the sense of the intellectual as the “great writer” （129）。In a subsequent chapter， “The Eye of Power，” the focus shifts towards another popular topic for Foucault: the panopticon。 In this chapter， he offers an examination of the history of the panopticon as an example of space as a tool for establishing and maintaining power structures。 He identifies a shift in architectural design beginning at the end of the eighteenth center， moving from the church and the monarchy （represented by the palace） at the center of social structures to the development of various categories to differentiate spaces。 He notes that “a whole history remains to be written of spaces—which would at the same time be the history of powers （both these terms in the plural）” （149）。 These spaces and their accompanying powers emerge in the forms of “the great strategies of geo-politics to the little tactics of the habitat， institutional architecture from the classroom to the design of hospitals， passing via economic and political installations” （149）。 With this reflection emerges the notion of “anchorage” sites which serve as tools for maintaining power across various sectors of the social spectrum， including penal institutions and intuitions of mental and physical health。Foucault’s reflections on “anchorage” sites as a tool for maintaining power in socio-political orders then lead into the next chapter， “The Politics of Health in the Eighteenth Century。” He notes at the end that these sites developed as institutions of medical knowledge that were spurred by urban development， population growth， and family structures （182）。 In other words， these institutions reflect not only the intents of these anchored spaces as with larger power structures， but also the social order and structures of other spaces within the human population。There are eleven chapters in this book beyond the three mentioned here， but I did not find them as valuable， interesting， and/or accessible as the above and， therefore， do not write about them here。 Foucault does engage in rigorous thinking about issues of contemporary politics （of his time） and social justice。 In fact， that is one of the traits I most admire about him—his engagement with contemporary political activism through academic thinking。 Furthermore， Foucault’s obsession with contemporary politics is also presented through the lens of examining history as a means of understanding how we ended up with the institutions of knowledge we have and how they work to maintain social orders of power and truth。 As Gorden writes in the Afterword， “If Foucault poses a philosophical challenge to history， it is not to question the reality of ‘the past’ but to interrogate the rationality of the ‘present’” （242）。 Interrogating the rationality of the present is not the end， of course， but simply the beginning。 Gordon concludes his Afterward and the book with a call to action to the reader who now carries great responsibility: “what Foucault may have to offer is a set of possible tools， tools for the identification of the conditions of possibility which operate through the obviousnesses and enigmas of our present， tools perhaps also for the eventual modification of those conditions” （258）。 。。。more

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