On Apr 13, 2009, at 8:57 AM, Mike Beggs wrote:
> The notion of domination is one that explains what it means
> conventionally to say someone is “powerful” or “has power,” but in
> fact sees power not as a possession, but as a structural difference.
> The basic Foucaultian schema of power, including the principle of
> reversibility, was included in Foucault’s thinking all along, as
> demonstrated by this passage from Discipline and Punish:
Years ago, I read a paper whose author escapes me, arguing that power functioned for Foucault in a way similar to the way value did for Marx - it's not a static thing, but only exists in circulation.
Doug