Michel Foucault (1926-1984) was a French philosopher, writer and historian. He wrote about and discussed many topics, and often his ideas caused controversy. Foucault’s speeches and writings helped ...

We cannot understand the world around us without a sophisticated understanding of the complex but intimate relationship between knowledge and power. One of the most influential philosophers of the ...

According to science, the evolution of the universe and human civilisation is the result of a clash of forces. Therefore, in each phase of human civilisation, discourse of power has been playing a ...

The French historian of discourse, Michel Foucault, made a clear distinction between the "archive" and the method that he describes as archaeological. While this method does not require a trowel to ...

“Power is everywhere not because it embraces everything, but because it comes from everywhere.”— Michel Foucault POWER, being a complex concept, can be defined in different ways. Most of the time ...

Why are modern societies under constant surveillance? Is the world akin to a very large prison where individuals are watched? Are these somehow means to a desirable end? Or are we foredoomed, as ...

International Review of Qualitative Research, Vol. 10, No. 4, SPECIAL ISSUE: CRITICAL QUALITATIVE INQUIRY (Winter 2017), pp. 411-429 (19 pages) The purpose of this article is to explore further and ...

‘Parrhesia’: the radical destruction of impunity What does it actually mean to speak truth to power? In his final two lectures, Michel Foucault discussed the risk involved and the courage required, ...