The Interpretation And Contemporary Development Of Foucault's Theory Of Knowledge And Power

As one of France's most famous ideologists in the 20th century.From the dimension of history development,Michel Foucault focus on the relationship between knowledge and power-power how to work through the discourse,and how to penetration into the society of all details through cooperate with the various discipline means.Foucault's thought has important influence on the development of contemporary sociology.From diachronic perspective,Foucault's objects of study(mainly marginal groups as the research objects)and methodology(mainly refers to knowledge of archaeology and the power of genealogy)are extremely color of sociology,and the conclusions are more social significance in his treatises.Through the systematic studied Foucault's books,understands theory of the knowledge and power from the perspective of sociology.It helps to formulate the Foucault's thought more accurately.Especially,with people social life network,we need to seeks more suitable use of the cyberpower,though finds the common between Foucault's theory of knowledge and power and cyberpower.There are five chapters in the dissertation.Fhe first chapter is foreword,mainly introduces the combination of knowledge and power.Through understood the power,helps to researches Foucault's view of"knowledge and power",and focus the connection of the knowledge and power.The second chapter explores sociology of knowledge is the theoretical basis of Foucault's theory of knowledge and power.Knowledge sociology based on knowledge as the research object,it has built a bridge between knowledge and society since it found.From Karl Marx to Scheler Marx until Karl Mannheim researched the theory,tries to make it constant progress.Foucault absorbed many academic achievements of Friedrich Nietzsche,from the aspects of sociology to researched the connection of power and knowledge,and established the methodology of archaeology of knowledge and power of genealogy,found the methodology to research knowledge and power tools.The third chapter is analysis the Foucault's theory of knowledge and power.On the basis of systematic studied Foucault's treatises,the author sorts out four images:microcosmic perspective,discourses,space,body and soul,respectively from the four perspectives to research his theory of knowledge and power,the four images common shapes Foucault's theory of knowledge and power.The fourth chapter tries to discusses and demonstrates the proposition which cyberpower is the contemporary evolution of Foucault's power.Cyberpower becomes the new type of power in the age of the Internet,it includes intellectual,sharing,symbolic,liquidity and spatial.Explore the theoretical origin of the cyberlpower and Foucault's power,to demonstrate cyberpower is the contemporary evolution of Foucault's power.The fifth chapter rethinks the Foucault and his theory of knowledge and power.The author points out the contribution and limitation of Foucault and his theory of knowledge and power in the conversion of knowledge sociology to the sociology of scientific knowledge.The thesis makes the conclusion that Foucault has two contributions to the power:first,conversed from the political power to social power(or from macro power to micro power).Second,conversed from the traditional power theory to the dualism of "power-knowledge",and further progressed the pluralism of"knowledge-power-discourse","knowledge-power-body" and "knowledge-power-space".As a result of Foucault's research deeply influenced by Nietzsche,in terms of power,make the understanding of power is too broad;At the same time,he was strongly criticized the rational society after the Enlightenment,and did not indicatethe direction for the development of human.This greatly limits the development andinheritance of foucault's thought.