Abstract
From the perspective of sociological theory, Foucaults concepts of power, power-knowledge, and discipline are one-sided. While Foucault contends that there is no center of power, his account of power remains top-down or structural, missing the interactive and enabling aspects of power. A more balanced view would suggest that all exercises of power include meaningful agency (the ability to do something); social structures (not simply as constraints but as interactive creations); social knowledge (including both reifying truth claims and enabling truth or knowledge); and social-ontological being-in-the-social-world (both as enabling and dominating).
| Original language | English (Ireland) |
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| Journal | Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy |
| Volume | 34 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2022 |
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- Authors
- Mark Haugaard