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The Genealogical Conception of Power II: Social Power and Scientific Knowledge

The Productivity of Power

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Foucault’s Strata and Fields

Part of the book series: Synthese Library ((SYLI,volume 218))

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Little has been said so far about the two topics that figure most centrally in Foucault’s genealogy, to wit, the productivity of power, and the relation between power and knowledge.

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Kusch, M. (1991). The Genealogical Conception of Power II: Social Power and Scientific Knowledge. In: Foucault’s Strata and Fields. Synthese Library, vol 218. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3540-5_11

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