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Power | Michel Foucault's Groundbreaking Theory of Power

What Foucault really meant by the term Power

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Jul 08, 2022
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Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote that to be great is to be misunderstood. This is a coat that fits Michel Foucault well. The French philosopher is one of the most famous (and infamous) thinkers of the 20th century.

He is idolised and demonised as one of the great figureheads of Postmodernism and this polarised reputation is mirrored by the reception of the…

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