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Michel Foucault
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Foucault examines how practices shape subjects and possibilities of action. His account of power leaves room for resistance while requiring evidence about particular institutions.
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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?