The Analysis Of Foucault’s Theory About Power

Foucault attempted to take a knowledge about the power spectrum,so that show different power mechanism in the change of history:from the torture of King times, to the enlightenment idea art into the punishment in practice, and then to the popularization of discipline in the whole society in the area, until the birth of prison system. Foucault’s power theory have the characteristic of the anti-essentialism and anti-centralism, and on the basis of this entrance, internal relations and interaction effects of power and knowledge, flesh, others. Foucault through the analysis of the knowledge structure, get rid of the humanism of monopoly on knowledge, about the relationship between power and knowledge, he emphasized the power of prior knowledge, and points out that the knowledge produced by power. Foucault thinks that we should focus on the end of the chain of authority and power practice analysis, so the body is always the center of the vision of the analysis of power, he further the scope of the study will be extended to life from political anatomy of punishment. The differences include power relationship and the existence of the others is also Foucault focused on the topic, on the prison system of negligence, he found the crime is the existence of the others, it can not be true elimination, prison, nor is it intended to eliminate the crime, then eternal war to emerge. Foucault has a "stealth inheritance" of the Marxism, some basic concepts and the viewpoint of Marxism are referenced by Foucault to make into his theory researching. But the essence of Foucault’s theory about power is different from Marxism.