Foucault believes that in order to have new power relations we have to analyze the resistance of certain powers. In order to find out what is healthy, we need to first figure out what is unhealthy.
Foucault believes that there are different ways that power is displayed, which make up a discipline for our society to follow. Power assigns relationships between subjects. When someone has the power over another, they have control to change or even destroy them. This is relevant to all institutions that hold power. For example in a school, the institutions have control of how we think of ourselves based on their analysis of us as individuals. Power goes through communication systems which can designate relationships among subjects. Power is assigned in institutions through types of communication.
Power only exists when it is put into action. Without some type of action, power can not be exercised. The judicial system would not exist if there weren’t individuals making actions. Once people have actions, the institutions have power.
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