خرید و دانلود نسخه کامل کتاب انگلیسی Power/Knowledge 1980 نسخه اسکن شده

Power/Knowledge is a curated collection of interviews, essays, and lectures by the influential French philosopher Michel Foucault, covering his work from 972 to 977. Rather than a traditional narrative, it is a foundational text in critical theory and philosophy.

The central thesis of the book is the intricate, inseparable relationship between “power” and “knowledge.” Foucault challenges the traditional conception of power as a purely negative, top-down, and repressive force wielded by the state. Instead, he argues that power is a decentralized, capillary network that permeates all social relations and institutions. Furthermore, power is “productive”—it produces reality, domains of objects, and rituals of truth. Foucault demonstrates how the formation of knowledge (such as in clinical medicine, psychiatry, the penal system, and the human sciences) is inextricably linked to mechanisms of power. In his view, knowledge cannot exist without power relations, and power cannot be exercised without the production of truth and knowledge. This collection is essential for understanding his broader critiques of modern institutionse.