Knowledge produced by discourse subjects those who are known to power

Evidence

Perhaps we should abandon the belief that power makes mad and that, by the same token, the renunciation of power is one of the conditions of knowledge. We should admit rather that power produces knowledge (and not simply by encouraging it because it serves power or by applying it because it is useful); that power and knowledge directly imply one another; that there is no power relation without the correlative constitution of a field of knowledge, nor any knowledge that does not presuppose and constitute at the same time power relations. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 75 (#expands, via linked claim)

Now the fact that this epistemic web is so tightly woven certainly does not mean that everyone is thinking along the same lines. It is in fact a precondition for not thinking along the same lines or for thinking along different lines; and it is that which makes the differences politically pertinent. If different subjects are to be able to speak, to occupy different tactical positions, and if they are to be able to find themselves in mutually adversarial positions, there has to be a tight field, there has to be a very tightly woven network to regularize historical knowledge. As the field of knowledge becomes more regular, it becomes increasingly possible for the subjects who speak within it to be divided along strict lines of confrontation, and it becomes increasingly possible to make the contending discourses function as different tactical units within overall strategies (which are not simply a matter of discourse and truth, but also of power, status, and economic interests). The tactical reversibility of the discourse is, in other words, directly proportional to the homogeneity of the field in which it is formed. — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 223 (#expands, via linked claim)

Power cannot be exercised unless a certain economy of discourses of truth functions in, on the basis of, and thanks to, that power. This is true of all societies, but I think that in our society, this relationship among power, right, and truth is organized in a very particular way. — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 42 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: For imperial discourse, knowledge of the Orient constitutes power over it; Discourse produces knowledge that shapes perceptions and enacts power — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 687; A homogeneous epistemological field enables political tactical uses of discourse — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 223 (+10 more)

Related

• Power requires an economy of true discourses to function. (similarity 0.88)
• Discourse is a system through which knowledge becomes power over the known. (similarity 0.88)
• Discourse produces knowledge that shapes perceptions and enacts power (similarity 0.87)
• Knowledge created from a position of strength produces the object it claims to describe (similarity 0.87)
• A homogeneous epistemological field enables political tactical uses of discourse (similarity 0.85)
• Historical discourse functioned as an instrument forged in struggles over power. (similarity 0.83)
• Power and knowledge mutually constitute and imply one another (similarity 0.82)
• Foucault held that all knowledge is a product of discourse bound up with power. (similarity 0.82)
• Effective discourse that organizes power relations constitutes a regime of truth. (similarity 0.82)
• Disciplinary power selects, normalizes, hierarchizes, and centralizes knowledges. (similarity 0.82)
• Historical discourse functions as a transferable tactic, not an ideology (similarity 0.80)
• Power produces subjects and desires rather than merely repressing them (similarity 0.79)
• Discourses persist beyond their origins and carry unexamined assumptions forward. (similarity 0.79)
• Systems of power necessarily generate the subversive discursive strategies that oppose them. (similarity 0.79)
• Historico-political discourse claims partisan truth that functions as a weapon, excluding juridical universality (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Power and knowledge mutually constitute and imply one another #expands (0.85) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 75
• A homogeneous epistemological field enables political tactical uses of discourse #expands (0.82) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 223
• Power requires an economy of true discourses to function. #expands (0.80) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 42
• Power shifts attribution of actions from the subject to the power-holder #expands (0.78)
• Historical discourse functioned as an instrument forged in struggles over power. #exemplifies (0.75) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 151