Foucault’s connection between power and knowledge
questions(Remembering to to answer them theoretically)
- Explain Foucault’s connection between power and knowledge. How does he conceptualize power? How does knowledge function as power? What are the unique characteristics of modern power?
- What does Foucault mean by “the order of things”? Explain how his “counter-histories” are used to expose this order.
- Define discourse and explain how it provides a subjective position for the speaker.