Week 9-Monday

As we continued in our conversation of Derrida, we talked about differance and then we discussed thoughts from Michel Foucault and power-knowledge. As we talked about power, we discussed that power as Marx would described is when some individuals have it and others didn't, but Foucault describes it as power not only constrained people, but enabled people. That power is in every relationship, any structure (neighborhood, relationship, company, etc) and that each entity at some level limits people. One main source of power is knowledge. Power brings knowledge and knowledge brings power! Are these thoughts just through the lens of Western institutions? Some may suggest this thought is very influenced by Western Culture. Some find their true identity in the amount of power they have and then ones with "knowledge" consider themselves to be ones with "legitimate" power and authority.