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The Subject and Power
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The Subject and Power investigates the formation of subjects and relations that guide conduct. It helps distinguish power’s productive effects from simple prohibition.
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Guided course · Module 11 · Lesson 68
Who makes the categories by which we live?
Foucault describes productive power, which shapes categories and knowledge; Derrida brings a different question about meaning. What do an institution’s assessments reveal, and what do they help to create?