Scientia potestas est – Knowledge is Power: Francis Bacon to Michel Foucault

García, José María Rodríguez

doi:10.1515/angl.2001.1

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“…Foucault's work (Aladjam, 1995;Garcia, 2001;Heiskala, 2001;Infinitio, 2003;Thompson, 2003;Borch, 2005). 4 Although Foucault is often criticized for his 'death of the subject', Haugaard claims that this is contestable (2002: 209).…”

Section: European Journal Of Social Theory 12(4)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Power in Transition: An Interdisciplinary Framework to Study Power in Relation to Structural Change

Avelino

Rotmans

2009

European Journal of Social Theory

409

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This article conceptualizes power in the context of long-term process of structural change. First, it discusses the field of transition studies, which deals with processes of structural change in societal systems on the basis of certain presumptions about power relations, but still lacks an explicit conceptualization of power. Then the article discusses some prevailing points of contestation in debates on power. It is argued that for the context of transition studies, it is necessary to develop an interdisciplinary framework in which power is explicitly conceptualized in relation to change. Subsequently, such a framework is presented, with reference to existing literature on power. Starting with a philosophical and operational definition of power, a typology is developed of the different ways in which power can be exercised, explicitly including innovative power and transformative power. Finally, the presented power framework is applied to transition studies, redefining pivotal transition concepts in terms of power and formulating hypotheses on the role of power in transitions. By doing so, the article not only offers an interdisciplinary framework to study power in the context of transition studies, but also contributes to power debates more generally by including innovation and transformation as acts of power, and thereby proposes a re-conceptualization of the relation between power and structural change.

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Section: European Journal Of Social Theory 12(4)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Power in Transition: An Interdisciplinary Framework to Study Power in Relation to Structural Change

Avelino

Rotmans

2009

European Journal of Social Theory

409

227

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“…Interpreting what Foucault meant by power can be considered a separate debate in itself, as authors frequently accuse each other of either misunderstanding or neglecting parts of Foucault's work (Aladjam, 1995;Borch, 2005;Garcia, 2001;Heiskala, 2001;Infinito, 2003;Thompson, 2003). This is further complicated by the fact that there seems to be quite some difference and sometimes even contradiction between the 'early Foucault' and the 'later Foucault', and second because at least one of the 'Foucaults' has explicitly emphasized that he does not aim to present a theory nor a model, but rather a 'toolbox' for studying power.…”

Section: Interdisciplinary and Interparadigmatic Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Power is a particularly sensitive issue in this debate. For the relation between power and knowledge is one of the most contested relations in social theory (Garcia, 2001). According to Bourdieu ([1989] 2002: 142) "the power to impose and to inculcate a vision of divisions, that is, the power to make visible and explicit social divisions that are implicit, is political power par excellence".…”

Section: Interdisciplinary and Interparadigmatic Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

A dynamic conceptualization of power for sustainability research

Avelino¹,

Rotmans²

2011

Journal of Cleaner Production

198

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“…In addition, knowledge has enabled people to develop and dominate the nature, which has led people to constantly crave for information and regulate behavior in this direction. The now-famous discourse, "knowledge is power", was coined by the philosopher and statesman Francis Bacon in 1597 and his discourse continues to be important throughout human history (García, 2007). However, it is not a right approach to claim that all kinds of information can represent power.…”

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A Study on Using the University Library and Reading Habits of Students: A Study on Tishk International University Students in Erbil, Iraq

Çelik¹

2019

IJEL

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The library uses habits of the students and their choices what to read change dramatically from student to student. Reading habits of newspapers are indicated very low in statistics, while reading habits of books were relatively much higher. In addition, the habits of library use are different, so the underlying reasons should be delved into. The aim of this study is to reveal the use of the university library and reading habits of Tishk International University Education Faculty students. 200 students who were randomly chosen from 530 students from different departments of the Faculty participated in this survey voluntarily. Descriptive and correlational research model was used in the study. In the analysis of the data, the questionnaire technique and the “chi-square test” was used. According to the results of the study; students’ use of the university library and reading habits were found to be high (strong habits). On the other hand, it was concluded that students’ newspaper reading habits were lower than those of reading books. Students who think that they have not read enough books, magazines and similar reading sources have cited the problem of not finding time as a reason and the lack of the printed media and publishing in the country. In addition, it is clear that students with a high frequency of library use have academic success and a strong reading habit. On the other hand, no significant relationship was found between the frequency of reading the books and the levels of income and the level of education of parents.

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Scientia potestas est – Knowledge is Power: Francis Bacon to Michel Foucault

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Power in Transition: An Interdisciplinary Framework to Study Power in Relation to Structural Change

Power in Transition: An Interdisciplinary Framework to Study Power in Relation to Structural Change

A dynamic conceptualization of power for sustainability research

A Study on Using the University Library and Reading Habits of Students: A Study on Tishk International University Students in Erbil, Iraq

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