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21116 | Power is used to create identities and ways of life for other people [Foucault, by Shorten] |
Full Idea: For Foucault power is less about repressing people or issuing commands, and more about producing identities and ways of living. | |
From: report of Michel Foucault (works [1978]) by Andrew Shorten - Contemporary Political Theory 01 | |
A reaction: I take this to be the culmination of the Hegelian view of a person, as largely created by social circumstances rather than by biology. I'm beginning to think that Foucault may be a very important philosopher - although elusive. |