Michel Foucault’s analysis of power critiques traditional theories by proposing that power is decentralized, pervasive, and enacted through social norms instead of direct coercion. His concepts of discourse and surveillance illustrate how individuals regulate their own behavior, showing that power and knowledge are intertwined. Resistance to power can occur through opposing discourses.
Pegasus Spyware – an example of corporate enabled state crime breaching the human right of privacy in 2021
How do schools try to control pupils? Some of the ways include academic surveillance, CCTV, teaching British Values. Prevent and the use of isolation units. It also explores how effective schools are as agents of social control.
‘This book is about contemporary self-tracking cultures, analysed from a critical sociological perspective. It explores how the practices meanings, discourse,
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Feely and Simon (1994) argue that a new ‘technology of power’ is emerging within the justice system. New approaches to
Last week, millions of mobile phones across New York City got a text alert. It read “Wanted: Ahmed Kham Rahami,
Michel Foucault is one of the most influential sociological thinkers of the last half century. One of his key contributions