Knowledge, Power and Control

Knowledge, Power, and Domination In this article we propose to study problems that arise from the relationship between knowledge and power, especially those that control who knows and disseminates knowledge to society. This theme was discussed at a medieval thinker from a Christian tradition such as Plato's work and Islam, Jew, and Muslim (Ibn Rashid), Moses Maimonides, St. Thomas Aquinas. Comments, their views are briefly outlined here.

RP: Yes, like Foucault, who is controlling the knowledge as to the real problem? One of his many contributions is that knowledge is power. People who control discourse have power. It is not that there is a group of masterminds to send it, but it penetrates the entire system. It is supremacy - in the sense of the present world - people buy it. Why do people in Kansas continue voting for those who oppress them? They are listening to FOX News, because they are on air, they just accept it. Therefore, the focus of criticism of Futuralcan is to clarify the aspect of power of discourse. This replaces Marxism, which is considered too ignorant, replacing the philosopher who ties alliances with Western countries in the form of social science, such as Geertz, which is considered ideological as conservative is.

Contrary to the interpretation of knowledge as a tool of power of Francis Bacon ("knowledge is power"), Foucault argues that control dominates knowledge and that knowledge is used for control. Definition of power of Foucault (1980) is neither positive nor negative, is repressive and productive, is power as a relationship rather than power, exercises power to society as a whole, and the definition of power of Foucault With each part and level, every micro level of social relations. One of the central characteristics of Foucault's theory of power is that he distinguishes information / knowledge from the truth. Socially recognized organizations and experts will create "knowledge", a different kind of knowledge. Please use the power as a mechanism to gather, organize, and organize people's lives, activities, actions, existence, absenteeism etc. These are a kind of knowledge.

With Foucault's argument, the relationship between power and knowledge is much closer than the well-known bacon engineering model. "Knowledge is power" means that knowledge is a tool of power. The point of view of Foucault is that at least for human research, goals of power and goals of knowledge are inseparable. The exam also put individuals into the "documentary field". The results of the test are recorded in a document that provides detailed information on the individuals under test and allows the power system to manage them (school absentee records, hospitalized patient records etc). Based on these records, the controller can create the underlying categories, mean values, and specifications of knowledge. This exam turns an individual into an "incident" - in two ways, a scientific example and a subject of concern