Foucault: Power Knowledge| A Brief Explanation

This is a brief response to a question posed by a viewer. For a detailed understanding of these concepts, please read Foucault’s

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[charackthe]

I started my MA thanks to you and I am continuing it thanks to you. We learn close to nothing in our courses and we learned close to nothing during the BA too.

All I need now is to learn how to write research papers and articles then everything will be set for a while.

[abhilasha]

Thank you, Professor!! 🍷
You're a Guru that almost everyone awaits.

[oduogimaurice]

Dr. Masood Raja, thank you!
My parents used to tell me that "knowledge is power". I grew up thinking that the more I knew about complex ideas the more powerful I could be.
Thank you for educating me professor.
Your clarifications are clearly stated.

[fuad]

Was waiting for this! Your brief introduction on discourse was really helpful! Thank you very much for simplifying these concepts for us.

[aminamehmood]

Thank you so much for explaining and simplifying Foucault. Looking forward to seeing more videos on Foucault (in sequence as you mentioned).

[celinapachuau]

Wow!! Your explanation is too good sir!! Thank you!! Exceptional!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[Secular]

Thanks a lot Dr. Raja, Shabbat Shalom :)

[ajithaalgin]

Thank you sir for your dedication to make us understand with clarity.

[tomfastic]

Great video.

It doesn't involve power, but I would love if you made a video on The Order of Things. Much of it I find very challenging. Such as the distinction between resemblance and similitude and how they manifest in different epistemes.

[amjedjasim]

Can't wait .... Thank you Dr. ... I'd also want to know how Edward Said made use of Foucault's idea of power & knowledge in his notion of identity?

[oduogimaurice]

"Power relations are everywhere: We are all serving power."
~Michel Foucault

[fayyazahmad]

Sir If everything is discursively produced then the given statement itself is discursively produced which projects further beliefs in human mind and compelled us to see everything as a discourse.

[camillestephenson]

Thanks, professor Masood! Foucault was always difficult for me to understand but you changed all that. In regards, to power not being top down but rather running through different streams or sections. Do you think that to dismantle systems of oppression the goal is to work within those streams as pose to working to dismantle it from the top? In other words, starting from the bottom and working way up to the top? I hope this makes sense . This is an important topic for me in my Social Justice work where people like to talk about dismantling the system from the top.

[muzamilsolangi]

Sir kindly make a lecture on analysis of history of sexuality

[readtravelanddance]

Sir! Please give a detained lecture on power and knowledge.

[englishliterature]

what about his book The Archaeology of Knowledge? Is it not about power and knowledge? sir do enlighten us

[jamesrana]

Good morning sir.
Will you please discuss about governmentality and habitus too?

[trailblazer]

Lecture is informative but noise in the background is quite disturbing, making it unpleasant to hear