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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]
Apr 2, 2003 · On Foucault’s account, the relation of power and knowledge is far closer than in the familiar Baconian engineering model, for which “knowledge is power” means that knowledge is an instrument of power, although the two exist quite independently.
Feb 3, 2020 · Power/knowledge : selected interviews and other writings, 1972-1977. by. Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984. Publication date. 1980. Topics. Power (Social sciences) Publisher. New York : Vintage Books.
Jun 20, 2024 · 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 ...
The power/knowledge couplet emerges from the work of French philosopher Michel Foucault and reflects his radical notion that systems of knowledge and operations of power are mutually co-constitutive and “directly imply one another” (Foucault, 1979, p. 27).
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Drawing on the work of Michel Foucault, I argue that human resource management (HRM) may be best understood as a discourse and set of practices that attempt to reduce the indeterminacy involved in the employment contract. Here I reread HRM practices from a Foucauld-ian power-knowledge perspective and suggest that this provides an
Aug 28, 2006 · The principal purpose of this essay is to offer a sympathetic interpretation of the understanding of power and of knowledge that informs Foucault’s historical studies of prisons and of the construction of a scientific discourse about sexuality.
