Foucault and Power
A Critique and Retheorization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6252437 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Haugaard (0000-0002-2031-8900, Vestergaard (Switzerland), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 341-371 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-3811 • E-ISSN: 1933-8007 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08913811.2022.2133803 |
| OpenAlex | W4308484602 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 31 |
From the perspective of sociological theory, Foucault's 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
Agency (philosophy · Epistemology · Michel foucault · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Social ontology · Social power · Social science · Social theory · Sociology · Structure and agency · Computer Science · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Law · Philosophy · Social and Cultural Dynamics
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Semiotics and Cyber Victimology in Interpreting the Signs of Digital Victimization
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Perceived inequality in women’s sports
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Weeping without tears
Spatial Oppression and Resistance in Dystopian Spaces
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The politics of war and aggression
Geographical Sensemaking
Power
Power
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The Logic of Scientific Discovery
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Power and Liberalism
Power
The Subject and Power
The archaeology of knowledge
Capitalism and Slavery
Outline of a Theory of Practice
The four dimensions of power
The Better Angels of Our Nature
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The Logic of Practice
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
The Rules of Sociological Method
Power to and power over
The four dimensions of power
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Authority as epistemic capital
Reverse Versus Radical Discourse
Noumenal Power
The Fourth Face of Power
Discipline and Punish
The concept of power
Intentionality
Decisions and Nondecisions
The Psychic Life of Power
| Unique citing works | 23 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 11,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |